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There’s at least one lead in the latest case. State police Sgt. Eric Hudson said he’s investigating whether a December car crash dislodged the marker. Vermont’s historic marker program began in 1947, and about 230 signs have been posted at sites across the state. Officials erected the Miller marker in 2015 after a push for the commemoration from local historian Miriam Herwig, who died shortly after it went up. Trieschmann said the sign, which cost $2,000, is sorely missed. She pleaded for its return. “It’s a very small budget we have for this program, so we don’t like having to replace markers,” Trieschmann said. “But we will if we have to.”

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historical whodunit in Randolph Center revolves around a missing roadside marker. Vermont State Police, along with the Vermont Division for Historic Preservation, are looking for the large bronze placard that disappeared several months ago — possibly as long ago as December. State historic preservation officer Laura Trieschmann said a community member noticed the sign was missing last month and notified officials. The 4-by-3.5-foot marker — which weighs 70 pounds — is usually affixed to a large metal

pole just outside Vermont Technical College along East Bethel Road. It commemorates Jonathan Peckham Miller, a Randolph native born in 1797 who earned the nickname “the American Daredevil” while fighting in the Greek Revolution, according to Trieschmann. When he returned, Miller became an abolitionist and pushed for antislavery policies as a member of the Vermont legislature. He died in 1847 and was buried at Green Mount Cemetery in Montpelier. But without a sign explaining all of that, current visitors to Randolph Center would have no idea. Trieschmann said people sometimes steal the markers as a souvenir or a joke. One taken from Rutland a decade ago turned up in New Jersey.

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I was pleased with Dan Bolles’ sensitive portrayal of my work in [“A Human Touch,” May 31] but don’t understand why he wrote that I no longer photograph! I am certainly still documenting musicians — and will continue doing so as long as my fingers and eyes still work! My skill has been honed for 53 years, and interest generated by the highest levels of “validation” in the art photography world and from music studies programs keeps me both motivated and busy. My most recent work was not in jazz; locally, it was the Vermont Philharmonic, at rehearsal and in concert. My sensibility was unaltered: The music flows through me intuitively, with my camera as my instrument; I must anticipate the music and its practitioners and be highly sensitive both to the musicians and to any audience. Dee Kalea

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But I expect that Seven Days reporters will be fair when reporting on a politician’s personal attributes in researching a story. I have worked with Sen. Tim Ashe (D/PChittenden) for years, and I know that he likes to work things through before he speaks publicly. Maybe it’s fair to say that he is unwilling to share information out of context or with details that can be misconstrued. Complicated issues require a thoughtful approach. But regardless of how stressful the situation, I have never seen him impetuous or short-tempered, as reported by Terri Hallenbeck. In fact, he is one of the most even-tempered people I have ever met — truly a no-drama guy who believes politics is about issues and not personality. So get it right, Fair Game, and don’t make things up in looking for a story. Amy Wright

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[Re Off Message: “Ali Dieng Earns Dem Nomination for Burlington City Council Seat,” May 4; “Race On: A New American Aims to Diversify the Burlington City Council,” May 24]: It amazes me that you have published several articles on the candidates running in the Ward 7 position for city councilor but have not even mentioned my name once. I have been in the race since the beginning, as you would have known if you had taken the time to check with the Burlington City Clerk’s Office. Apparently,

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[Re “A Village Occupation,” May 24]: Having recently read local author Stephen P. Kiernan’s latest novel, The Baker’s Secret, we take issue with Amy Lilly’s Seven Days review. Chockablock with spoilers and condescending in tone, it effectively demeans the broad market readership that will thoroughly enjoy this read, as we did. Kiernan is a heck of a storyteller, and his novel flows with style and panache. Kiernan, the reading public, Seven Days and our community would all have been better served by a more thoughtful, balanced review. Charlie and Mima Tipper BURLINGTON

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In reference to Amy Lilly’s book review of The Baker’s Secret, by Stephen P. Kiernan [“A Village Occupation,” May 24], I would like to offer a different view. This was a great read for me; I was drawn in, it gave me new perspective, and I didn’t want to put it down. Just this week, the Providence Journal listed it first for “R.I. Summer Reading: Great Stories to Take to the Beach.” We often read about war from a purely historic angle. I appreciated Kiernan’s upclose tale of how one girl created a domino effect that brought a village together. With her efforts, she clearly saved them from starvation during the occupation. Kiernan’s heroine gave the villagers hope in the worst of times, and I found that inspiring.

no longer the scrappy little overachiever it once was; it is now the big fish in Vermont media. As the station has grown more prosperous, it is in danger of becoming overwhelmingly dependent on wealthy donors and corporations. Apparently only 20 to 25 percent of revenue is now derived from pledge drives (read: small donors). Its culture has grown to more closely reflect the corporate modeling of its major funders. Pledge drives, for example, have gone from funky, time-consuming community affairs to highly polished, professional operations. Community involvement has been sidelined in the name of efficiency. The new multimillion-dollar state-ofthe-art facility is another case in point. It is an impressive accomplishment, one developed and funded mostly in the dark. As reported by VPR, the network raised $8 million from “generous donors” before “going public” for an additional $1 million (to be matched by a foundation). This means that only 10 percent is coming from ordinary listeners. Who are these “generous donors”? We don’t know. I do know that counting less and less on the multitude of little donors is not healthy in the long run. No matter how well intentioned an organization, success can breed a certain self-importance and smugness if not checked. Mr. Walters’ wake-up call is a good beginning. Let’s read more.

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n Thursday, an obscure legislative committee will have the final say over new wind-power rules that have sent shock waves through Vermont’s renewableenergy community. “It is really a ban on wind,” says AllEarth Renewables CEO DAVID BLITTERSDORF, who has pushed wind projects of his own. “I am going to have to stop any development if this goes through.” Wind opponents, on the other hand, are prepared to settle for what they see as an improvement over the status quo. “I do not want to see this rule gummed up, so I am being a realist here,” says ANNETTE SMITH of Vermonters for a Clean Environment, which opposes large-scale wind. “I would love to see it changed, but let’s get it in place and see what happens.” Gov. PHIL SCOTT, another opponent of large-scale wind, has given the rules his seal of approval. Asked at a May 31 press conference whether they amount to a ban on wind turbines, he responded, “I think it will help a great deal … I think we’ll have less industrial wind on our ridgelines.” The rules were crafted by the state Public Service Board after a lengthy process of staff research and public hearings. Now the panel’s work goes before the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, which can approve the rules or send them back. There’s a certain mystery to this saga: Two of the three PSB members, MARGARET CHENEY and SARAH HOFMANN, were appointed by the pro-renewable former governor PETER SHUMLIN. Outgoing PSB chair JAMES VOLZ was originally chosen by former governor JIM DOUGLAS and reappointed by Shumlin. So how is it that these three people crafted a set of wind rules that earned Scott’s applause? The answer is shrouded in the mantle of the PSB’s “quasi-judicial status.” Like judges, board members deliberate behind closed doors and don’t speak publicly about their work. PSB staffer TOM KNAUER, who led a three-person team that guided the rulemaking, was willing to explain the process to Seven Days. But he declined to comment on board actions. The final decision on noise levels, for example, “was made by the board, not the staff, so that’s the deliberative process that I can’t tell you.” But while many answers are locked

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inside three quasi-judicial minds, the steps board members took are documented in a trove of public records obtained by the pro-wind Vermont Public Interest Research Group and independently reviewed by Seven Days. There’s a clear trend line through the documents. During an 11-month period, board and staff members struggled through a thorny issue on an unforgiving schedule. As time passed, the rules became tighter — and less friendly toward wind development — especially after Scott took office. The rulemaking was mandated by Act 174, passed by the legislature in 2016 to address concerns about the siting of solar and wind installations. It called for new rules by July 1, 2017. That may seem

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like a long time, but Knauer’s team had to review the scientific research on wind noise, schedule hearings and solicit testimony, receive and respond to inquiries from the public, and interact frequently with the board. In September, the PSB issued a proposal to hire an acoustics expert to assist the team — but no one bid for the job. The board then dropped that effort. VPIRG’s clean-energy advocate, SARAH WOLFE, calls that a big mistake. “It’s an incredibly complicated, technical rulemaking,” she says. Without an expert, Knauer and colleagues JOHN COTTER and KEVIN FINK soldiered on. One basic issue: Which criteria would be used in writing the rules? Public health? Aesthetic considerations around noise and visual impact? The negative effects experienced by some neighbors? One criterion that wasn’t on the list: Vermont’s ambitious renewable-energy goals. “The question of public good was broader than the board was looking to regulate,” Knauer explains. “I would say that that was not a specific consideration or a specific aim of this rule.” On November 22, the team wrote a memo to board members discussing aesthetics as a criterion. Anti-wind advocates had argued for the standard,

but the team was undecided. The memo noted that aesthetic considerations “may present a greater hurdle for proposed wind projects.” The memo also addressed “setback” — the idea that turbines should be at a distance from any inhabited building. Setback was discussed as an alternative to a sound level measured in decibels, or dBA. One or the other, not both. The team reported that the Shumlin administration, through its Department of Public Service, favored sound levels over setbacks. It also advocated for a noise limit of 45 dBA, as measured outside any nearby resident’s home. (The board makes rules and sets utility rates; the department is a policy arm of the administration and also, oddly, serves as a public advocate before the board.) At an open workshop on December 2, the board heard a presentation from CHRIS OLLSON, of Ontario, Canada-based Ollson Environmental Health Management. Ollson argued that an exterior limit of 45 dBA was low enough to avoid human health impacts. Based on a review of available research, Ollson asserted that “when sited properly, wind turbines do not cause adverse health effects.” After Scott became governor, Wolfe notes, the state “didn’t use him in the process.” On January 17, less than two weeks after Scott’s inauguration, the Department of Public Service now reporting to him sent a memo to the board recommending that aesthetics be a criterion in making the rules. That memo “was intended to convey the policy view of the Scott administration,” the department’s new commissioner, JUNE TIERNEY, wrote in an email to Seven Days. “My understanding of the record … shows that that January communication is the first time the department had advocated for aesthetics,” recalls Knauer. “Prior to that January filing, the department’s comments had focused on decibel levels.” On February 22, Knauer sent an email to the PSB reporting that “there is vast literature on [turbine noise], and a supporting basis could be found for many different sound pressure levels.” The email accompanied a memo outlining key items from Knauer’s review of the literature. He emphasized one particular study: a Swedish paper published in 2000 reporting that “annoyance” was perceived

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by some at 35 dBA and that annoyance grew rapidly at 40 dBA or higher. VPIRG’s Wolfe asserts that the research was based on small sample sizes. While it included some 500 participants, they were broken down into subgroups. Therefore, she notes, the 20 percent who reported annoyance at a certain level actually represented just eight people. “Studies that have higher participation found much lower annoyance rates,” Wolfe maintains. In late February, the team realized that time was growing short. In order to clear all bureaucratic hurdles in time for July 1 implementation, the board had to issue its proposed rule in early March — just a few days later. It did so, stunning the renewables community by mandating noise limits of 35 dBA at night and 45 during the day, and imposing a stiff setback requirement. The combination, wind advocates assert, would forbid wind development almost anywhere in Vermont. More hearings and written testimony followed. On May 16, the PSB issued a slightly amended set of rules. The nighttime limit was raised to 39 dBA, and the daytime level dropped to 42. The setback standard was unchanged. In a cover letter, the board laid out three criteria, in this order: first, protection of public health; second, reduction of “annoyance levels that some people might experience from turbine sounds”; and, finally, encouragement of renewable energy. The PSB had adopted lower noise limits than originally proposed — and used subjective criteria in so doing. It imposed both noise limits and a setback requirement. The mandated setback was 10 times the height of a turbine, which can be as high as 500 feet. Under the rule, turbines would have to be located nearly one full mile away from any inhabited building in any direction. This much is clear from the public record. What remains unknown is how and why the board — and particularly Cheney and Hofmann — came to adopt such stringent rules on wind. We don’t know because they can’t say. That’s not the case in other states. “In New Hampshire, all deliberations are transparent,” says Smith. “You can sit there and listen to them.” Gee, maybe Vermont could do without this quasi-judicial rigmarole. If you ask me why the rules came out the way they did, a couple of things come to mind: First, there’s widespread fatigue with the issue. Some may have wanted to get it over with. Second,

while the board is independent, perhaps its members could see which way the, ahem, wind was blowing. This Thursday, the rules will go before the Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules, which is tasked with ensuring that new rules comply with statute. Wind advocates will try to convince the committee that the PSB went beyond legislative intent, which would be grounds for rejection. One of the people most familiar with legislative intent is former Democratic state representative TONY KLEIN. Before his retirement in 2016, he chaired the House committee that dealt with energy issues and was involved in the drafting of Act 174. “I think LCAR has a real basis for rejecting the rules,” he says decisively. He sees those rules as “a de facto ban on wind,” which he asserts “was never the intent of the legislature.” But ridgeline wind opponent Smith has a warning for her adversaries. She notes that Scott has just appointed a new PSB chair, ANTHONY ROISMAN, who shares the governor’s opposition to large-scale wind. She says of the current rules, “This may be the best they’re going to get.” She has a point. And Klein, a longtime renewables advocate, kind of agrees with her. “The opposition to wind in this state, for the short term, has won the battle,” he says. Even without the new rules, he adds, “I can’t imagine any potential developer of a large project entertaining going through this process in this toxic environment. It would be a real crapshoot, and an expensive one.” In one way, the LCAR hearing is a decisive moment for large-scale turbines in Vermont. In another, it may prove to be nothing more than a whisper in the wind. For many in the state’s environmental community, there’s bitter irony in the timing of LCAR’s conclave. Last Thursday, President DONALD TRUMP withdrew from the Paris climate accord, calling into question the nation’s commitment to fighting climate change. Scott’s reaction was mixed: He criticized the president’s decision and joined a coalition of states pledging to abide by the Paris accord. But on the very day of Trump’s withdrawal, the governor appointed a PSB chair who shares his anti-wind position. “Gov. Scott’s intention is to talk the talk, but he’s severely lacking on the walk,” says Wolfe. “His actions have moved us in the wrong direction on climate.” !

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ov. Phil Scott leaned casually against the desk in his ceremonial Statehouse office last month, fielding questions from reporters about the final days of Vermont’s legislative session. Near the end of the impromptu press conference, one journalist asked whether he supported a bill requiring workplace accommodations for pregnant women. “I think if we’re serious about this six, three and one problem that we have … then we’re going to have to grow families,” the governor said. “So if we can [make] accommodations to do so, that’s all good.” Scott didn’t have to explain the numerical code to reporters. Over the previous month and a half, he’d repeatedly invoked “this six, three and one problem” during his public appearances. A week after the press conference, Scott would tell the legislature during his end-ofsession address, “These numbers literally keep me up at night.” They are so important to his administration that they’re emblazoned on a gleaming Vermont license plate hanging above the entryway to Scott’s Statehouse office. So what do they mean? According to the governor, Vermont loses six workers and three students per day. And, on average, one baby is born to an opiate-addicted mother every 24 hours, he says. The numbers are shorthand for Scott’s focus on spurring economic growth, reducing K-12 education spending and protecting “the most vulnerable.” But the governor and his staff say “six-three-one” is more than a catchphrase; it’s a lodestar for the entire executive branch — and the basis upon which Scott makes policy decisions. “We look at everything through that prism,” said Scott’s chief of staff, Jason Gibbs. “How will it affect ‘six-three-one’?” Scott began speaking publicly about “six-three-one” in late March, but Gibbs said members of the administration had “been talking about this internally for at least the last five months.” Before he took office, the governor asked Gibbs and other members of his transition team to craft a boiled-down message. Since then, according to Scott spokesperson Rebecca Kelley, the numbers “probably come up at just about every cabinet meeting.” The Republican governor’s favorite new refrain may be a politically potent rallying cry, but it has also attracted criticism. Experts question the accuracy of Scott’s

POLITICS numbers, and top Democrats ask whether the slogan is a good foundation for policy. “Anybody who has watched the administration this year has seen a very, very policy-lite approach,” said Sen. Phil Baruth (D/P-Chittenden). “Mostly what they’ve done is try to frame things, to be honest, politically.” He deemed “six-three-one” “more of the same.” While the mantra may be useful to state employees working in education and public health, it’s unclear how it’s relevant to a Fish & Wildlife Department game warden or a Department of Motor Vehicles branch employee. When Senate Majority Leader Becca Balint (D-Windham) broaches the topic with state workers, she said, “I get a lot of eye rolling.” Kelley defended the broad applicability of “six-three-one,” offering this hypothetical: If the DMV improves its customer service, she said, it could enhance the quality of life in Vermont, thereby dissuading residents from leaving the state. “To some extent, you have to simplify your message,” Balint conceded. “[But] I feel like there have been a lot of talking points and slogans and simple messages

from this administration, and I want more meat.” Then there’s the question of whether Scott’s stats are accurate — or the best way to measure Vermont’s problems. Though the three numbers are presented as current rates, they do not necessarily reflect what is happening in 2017. The numbers are averages calculated for three distinct time periods that extend back as long as 20 years. The labor force actually increased in 2016 after years of decline. Gibbs admitted that the transition team picked its figures without consulting the agency and department officials it would soon be overseeing. Seven Days spoke with several of those state workers — as well as outside experts — to check the governor’s math.

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WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION SAYS: “In 2010, we had a high of 359,500 people in our workforce, according to the Vermont Department of Labor. In 2016, we had a low of 344,150 … That’s 15,350 fewer in seven years (start of 2010 through end of 2016), which is six fewer each day.”

WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY: It’s not so straightforward, according to Doug Hoffer, who was a policy analyst focusing on economic development before he was elected state auditor in 2012. “There’s no question that the labor force has stagnated and, in some cases, declined,” the Democrat/Progressive said, but “the labor force is not the same as jobs.” That’s because the former measures the entirety of Vermont’s available workforce — those with jobs and those looking for work. From 2010 to 2015, according to the federal Bureau of Labor Statistics, the number of retirement-age residents in Vermont grew by more than 18,000. The primary reason the labor force declined in those years, Hoffer argued, is that people aged out of it — not that they fled the state. While the labor force lost 15,000 people, Vermont actually gained 15,000 new jobs during the same time period. That means that even though the total pool of available workers shrank, the state has more people working today than it did in 2010 — and a higher share of Vermonters have jobs. In fact, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, Vermont’s unemployment rate has dropped from 6.3 percent at the

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start of 2010 to 3.1 percent as of April 2017, mirroring a nationwide post-recession trend. “I’m not arguing with the issue of the importance of economic development,” Hoffer said. “My only concern is this information, I think, has misled some people who believe … we’re actually losing jobs.” Stephanie Yu, a policy analyst at Vermont’s left-leaning Public Assets Institute, agreed that politicians should address the declining labor force. But she pointed out that state Department of Labor data show “that decline S E N. B E CCA bottomed out in BALINT January of 2016, and the number in the labor force has been rising again by an average of about 6.5 workers per day.” Gibbs maintained that the six-workersa-day mantra is a “fair and accurate measurement of the problem” and argued that Scott has been clear that it’s based on a multiyear average. “It’s not like anyone in this administration is cherry-picking data to make this problem seem bigger than it is,” the chief of staff countered. “It would be downright foolish to look at a few months of 2016 and say the problem has gone away.”

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WHAT THE EXPERTS SAY: Nobody’s disputing that Vermont’s opiate problem is serious, but Scott’s administration is rounding up by 62 infants per year. Perhaps the better question is whether babies born to opiate-addicted mothers are an appropriate proxy for a crisis that has ravaged Vermonters of all ages and genders. “We think it’s important to point out not just the number, but to point to the reason we have a high number,” said Deputy Health Commissioner Barbara Cimaglio. Part of the explanation, she noted, is actually positive. More providers are aware of the problem, and more women are seeking treatment before giving birth. That typically involves taking the opiate medication methadone, Cimaglio pointed out. Women on methadone have a better chance of giving birth to a healthy baby than those who abruptly stop using beforehand. They’re also easier to count. Is the baby-a-day point at least a useful mantra for Department of Health staff to keep in mind as they try to tackle the problem? “Well, I think it’s a population measure, and so certainly we look at that, but we’re probably a little more in the weeds,” Cimaglio responded. Dr. Harry Chen, who stepped down from his position as health commissioner in March, noted a different concern with Scott’s data point. “I think we have to be very mindful about the stigma piece,” he said. “We would absolutely want that number to be zero, but we want to be mindful of how you get to zero.” Chen’s point: Focusing on opiate-addicted mothers might reinforce the stigma women experience, which could discourage them from seeking treatment. !

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number of students may be going down, the percentage of students in poverty is going up,” the legislator noted, adding that rising special education expenses are another factor. “I think the governor has focused on sound bites that are simplistic and appeal to popular concerns, and that has been politically pretty successful. But, policy-wise, I’m not sure,” Sharpe said. “I believe that we owe the taxpayers a more thorough understanding of what’s going on and better solutions than just slashing budgets.”

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nly a few people were in the courtroom on the day Sarah Ellwood had to go before a federal judge — for the second time. Three years earlier, when she was 20, she had gotten involved with an older man, a drug dealer who rented hotel rooms and an apartment in her name to move his product. She ended up serving 13 months in prison for it. Then, weeks after being freed, she violated her probation by using cocaine and fentanyl. The Winooski resident was potentially facing up to two more years behind bars. “I’d like to apologize to everybody,” Ellwood said in Burlington’s federal court on May 31. “I can’t emphasize how disappointed I am in myself.” Assistant U.S. Attorney Michael Drescher told Judge Christina Reiss that he had no interest in throwing the book at Ellwood, a victim of domestic abuse and an addict who has struggled to get clean. He recommended that she serve only one month. Such discretion by federal prosecutors could become a thing of the past, as a result of policies promulgated by President Donald Trump and U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions. In May, Sessions directed government lawyers across the country to get tough on drug cases. Sessions reversed Barack Obama-era practices that instructed those same attorneys — who enforce federal law from district offices in all 50 states and represent the federal government in civil litigation — to avoid charges that carry stiff mandatory minimum sentences, such as five years for possessing an ounce of crack cocaine. Announcing his position, Sessions warned, “You drug dealers are going to prison.” If he makes good on that threat, Vermont attorneys say it would be a dramatic change from how drug users and dealers are treated in the state’s three federal courthouses — in Burlington, Rutland and Brattleboro. “It’s turning the clock backwards,” said Middlebury attorney Peter Langrock, the patriarch of Langrock Sperry & Wool, which employs 27 attorneys in offices in Middlebury and Burlington. “Mandatory sentences are stupid things. They are a politician’s response to a nonthinking cry from the public” for law and order. Obama appointee Eric Miller resigned as the U.S. attorney for Vermont in February, a full month before Trump fired all of his remaining Obama-era colleagues around the country. Miller’s second-in-command, Eugenia Cowles, was elevated to acting U.S. attorney. As a career civil servant, her job is not subject to political vicissitudes; for the same reason, she is unlikely to hold on to the top spot. Many of her colleagues have worked for at least two or three U.S. attorneys. In a brief interview, Cowles said her office has no choice but to follow the rules Sessions has laid out. But

“I don’t think we’re in a position now to say whether it will result in a dramatic change in our current practice,” said the eight-year veteran of the Burlington office, which has 18 prosecutors and 20 support staff to serve the state. “I think we have always tried to use our discretion wisely, and we will going forward,” said Cowles. “We’ve always had the responsibility of making good sentencing and charging recommendations.” Burlington defense attorney Mary Kehoe isn’t so optimistic. “They’re going to have to march. They’re going to have to follow the boss,” she said. “I don’t think they have a choice. It’s not up to them to set policies. It’s up to them to carry them out.” After judgeships, U.S. attorney appointments are perhaps the most coveted positions in the legal world. They require a presidential nomination and U.S. Senate confirmation, and usually go to the most accomplished and politically connected attorney in each state. In recent years, Vermont’s federal prosecutors have generally subscribed to the notion that heavy sentences for drug users and dealers were not always the best solution, according to Michael Desautels, who runs the Vermont Federal Public Defender’s Office. “They’re not charging mandatory minimums in every case they can,” Desautels said. “It’s been a thoughtful and relatively enlightened charging philosophy, and we hope they’re allowed to continue that and not follow the dictates of the current attorney general, which don’t seem to be consistent with what we have learned about drug addiction.”

Legal observers are pondering a related question: Who will the Trump administration nominate to lead the Burlington office? Officials have been tight-lipped, but legal sources offered a few names. They include Vermont Republican Party vice chair Brady Toensing, who recently garnered headlines for asking federal prosecutors to examine a Burlington College land P E TE R L A NG R O C K deal orchestrated by Jane O’Meara Sanders, wife of U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.); Craig Nolan, a Burlington defense attorney who spent eight years as a prosecutor in the Burlington U.S. Attorney’s Office; Assistant U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan (no relation to Craig Nolan); and Washington County State’s Attorney Scott Williams, known for intervening to disarm a woman who shot a social worker in Barre two years ago. Toensing, Trump’s Vermont campaign chair, declined to comment. Craig Nolan, a Republican, and Christina Nolan, whose party affiliation is unclear, did not respond to messages seeking comment. Williams acknowledged his interest. “I have had a few discussions with folks,” Williams said. “I have indicated that if someone felt it would be appropriate … I would be willing to be considered. I would like to see someone in that position that I perceive has balance and perspective, and I think I have that.” Williams, a Democrat elected in 2014, identifies himself as a political moderate. He has tried to start

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a program to divert Washington “Sen. Leahy expects to play the U.S. ATTORNEYS IN County defendants with addiction same kind of role he has in past VERMONT – 1961-2017 issues from the criminal justice years,” Carle said. system. At the same time, Williams Carle said Leahy has talked Eric Miller, 2015-2017 Tristram Coffin, 2009-2014 said, he supports mandatory miniwith Gov. Phil Scott, Vermont’s Tom Anderson, 2006-2009 mums for higher-level drug dealers. top-ranking Republican, about David Kirby, 2005-2006 Traditionally, U.S. attorney conpotential nominees. Scott has disPeter Hall, 2001-2004 tenders are vetted by a state’s two tanced himself from Trump, but Charles Tetzlaff, 1993-2001 senators and — if the senators belong his spokeswoman, Rebecca Kelley, Charles Caruso, 1991-1993 to a different party than the presisaid members of his and Leahy’s George Terwilliger III, 1986-1990 dent — the highest ranking member staffs have started interviewing George Cook, 1981-1987 of the president’s party in the state. candidates and expect that the Jerome O’Neill, 1981 William Gray, 1977-1981 The senators, especially the senior Trump administration will respect George Cook, 1969-1977 one, generally hold a lot of sway, their recommendation. Joseph Radigan, 1961-1969 though the process can vary based “We have been communicating on the political climate and the senawith Sen. Leahy’s office, and the Sources: U.S. Department of Justice, tors’ influence in Washington, D.C. goal is to reach a consensus among Bicentennial Celebration of the U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy (Doffices,” Kelley said. “It’s hard to United States Attorneys report, Vt.), a former state’s attorney and predict exactly what weight it will various news media reports Vermont’s senior senator, served as hold, but we’re going to put forward kingmaker for both Miller and his a strong candidate and hope the predecessor, former U.S. attorney Tristram Coffin. White House will be looking for recommendations Sanders’ office did not respond to a message seeking from the state.” comment. Another view: “They don’t have to reward Leahy anticipates having a say in Trump’s selec- Republican loyalists up here for delivering money and tion, according to his spokesman David Carle, even votes, because they haven’t gotten either in Vermont,” though the senator has been blistering in his criticism Dan Richardson, a Vermont Bar Association board of Sessions’ policies — and introduced legislation last member, said of the Trump administration. “So who gets month that would give federal judges more leeway in the appointment and whose name filters up depends on sentencing defendants. who knows who in the various levels. It could be just as

random as some attorney out there who has a cousin or friend in the Trump administration.” Trump has a huge backlog of appointments to fill — 93 jobs have been vacant since he forced all the remaining U.S. attorneys from the Obama administration to resign three months ago. Meanwhile, federal prosecutors in Burlington do not seem to have changed their approach. A few drug cases that were in the pipeline before Trump took office have been resolved with below-maximum sentences. Judge Reiss gave Ellwood four months — more than the prosecutor had sought, but less than the two years she faced. Another case involved a high-profile dealer. Prosecutor Christina Nolan called Michael Foreste, a New York City man convicted of selling thousands of prescription opiate pills, one of the “main drivers” of Vermont’s opiate crisis. Nonetheless, she sought a 15year sentence instead of the 30 years she could have pursued. A judge sentenced Foreste to nine years. Attorneys suggest the best test of whether the Vermont U.S. Attorney’s Office is following Sessions’ orders will come in the next few months, as fresh cases are presented to grand juries and indictments are unsealed. If new charges involve mandatory minimums, they say, it will signal that a new day has dawned in Vermont. ! Contact: mark@sevendaysvt.com, @Davis7D or 865-1020, ext. 23

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stately brick Victorian overlooks Montpelier from 11 wooded acres atop a hill. A fairy-tale turret adorns the third floor. Birds chirping from tree branches break the silence. The property feels like a forest retreat, but the 227-year-old home is little more than a stone’s throw from the Statehouse. The prime piece of real estate, known as Redstone, has been empty for seven months while its owner, the State of Vermont, has continued to pay $15,000 to $20,000 a year for heating and electricity. After more than a decade of indecision, the legislature and Gov. Phil Scott’s administration agreed earlier this year to sell it. This state office building might not be typical, but the government’s vacillation over what to do with it is. The state owns 3.2 million square feet of office space in 236 buildings across Vermont. Some 143,000 square feet, or 5 percent, of that space is currently empty, according to Buildings and General Services Commissioner Chris Cole. He expects that vacancy rate to fall to about 3 percent after four buildings at the Waterbury State Office Complex are renovated and returned to use. Meanwhile, the state is paying rent on another 911,000 square feet of office space. Some of that, too, is vacant — including 10,000 square feet at Barre City Place, a privately owned building that was part of a 2014 downtown redevelopment project. Does it make sense for the state to keep cutting rent checks as it underutilizes facilities it already owns and leases? Juggling state office space is complicated, according to Cole, who assumed responsibility for state buildings in January after serving as transportation secretary under former governor Peter Shumlin. Asked which job was tougher — managing the state’s 2,700 miles of roads and bridges or managing its 236 buildings and 122 leases — he didn’t hesitate. “This one,” said Cole, who had just fielded a call about a bomb scare at a St. Albans state office building. Location, building condition and staffing needs all play into where it makes the most sense to place state

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workers, Cole said, so flexibility is in order. His goal is to reduce Vermont’s leased space from 20 percent to 15 percent by making better use of property owned by state government. Math makes that a clear choice, he said, since the state spends $26 million a year to

operate the 80 percent of office space it owns and $14 million a year to operate the rest. According to Cole, the average cost of state-owned office space is $13.44 per square foot. Lease prices vary widely but average about $22 per square foot, he said.

Shifting to a greater percentage of owned office space could not only save money but would make state workers happier, according to Vermont State Employees Association executive director Steve Howard. “They much prefer to be in buildings owned by the state,” Howard said. The state generally has less control over such issues as security and cleaning in leased space, he noted. Cole also hopes to reduce the state’s vacant space, he said. Asking lawmakers for approval to sell Redstone was one obvious move, he said, but others will take longer. “I was reluctant to sell any additional buildings until I was sure we didn’t need them,” Cole said. “I will be making additional recommendations and seeking authorization to sell additional state property next legislative session.” Redstone was built around 1890 as a summer home for a wealthy couple, according to state curator David Schutz. The state bought the property in 1947. It isn’t the only quaint Victorian used as government office space, but its isolated location — just outside Montpelier’s capital complex — limits its usefulness. The building once housed state police headquarters and, later, the Secretary of State’s Office. In 2011, before Tropical Storm Irene struck Vermont, Shumlin’s administration proposed turning it into a conference center and gubernatorial apartment. After Irene, the home became a temporary refuge for the Department of Mental Health. The last tenant was the Vermont Occupational Safety and Health Review Board, which landed there briefly during renovations of its offices. Cole said Redstone will go on the market after a historic analysis is done. Any buyer would have to preserve the building’s interior and exterior historic character. Not wanting to reveal his hand, Cole pegged the sale price at “as much as I can get.” The City of Montpelier assessed the property at $926,300 in 2016. “I don’t think this one’s going to be hard to move,” Cole said as he stood May 31 in what once might have been Redstone’s drawing room. “This could be a private home. This could be an inn … This could be any number of things.”

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Some purchases backfire. The most notable blunder in recent memory was the state’s 2006 acquisition of an IBM building in Essex for $6.4 million. After spending $3.2 million to maintain the empty space, the state finally off-loaded it for $2.4 million in 2013. The House and Senate dickered more recently over whether to sell or keep two of the smaller Waterbury state office buildings damaged by Tropical Storm Irene, according to Emmons. “My committee was adamant we were not going to let go of that,” said Emmons, who prevailed in the debate. “You never know what we might need them for.” Cole said he is glad to have those buildings. He hopes renovating them will help solve two problems: putting vacant space back in use and moving hundreds of workers out of leased office space elsewhere. Plans are afoot to do the same with a squat, vacant one-story building at 144 EMMONS State Street in downtown Montpelier. The space was used as the governor’s transition office until his January inauguration but was without a tenant for most of a year before that, Cole said. After the building gets $300,000 to $500,000 worth of renovations, the Green Mountain Care Board is expected to move there from leased space nearby, Cole said. The Buildings and General Services commissioner said he knows of no rule of thumb for how much space reasonably should be empty at any given time, though some flexibility is always needed. The amount of vacant space the state had last year was the lowest since Tropical Storm Irene’s disruption, according to his department’s data. In the commercial world, there are also no set standards for vacancy rates, said Ernie Pomerleau, president and CEO of Burlington-based Pomerleau Real Estate. “I have an axiom, ‘Empty is bad. Filled is good,’” he said. “I do pretty much anything to keep things from being empty.” !

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One thing that doesn’t make sense, he said, is for the state to sink more money into the building while no state agencies are clamoring to use the space. Decisions over what to do with Redstone have pingponged back and forth for years, in a manner worthy of an Abbott and Costello routine. Since 2005, lawmakers have alternately directed the state to sell the building and repealed authorization to do so. In January, Cole asked lawmakers to once again consider the building’s fate. Rep. Alice Emmons (D-Springfield), longtime chair of the House Corrections and Institutions Committee, was receptive this time. “The question becomes, do you invest in the building, or do you sell it?” Emmons said. “We came down to the point where we’ll sell it.” Even as the decision to dispose of Redstone is at hand, some still object. “I think the state’s making a huge mistake if they sell it off,” said REP. AL ICE Secretary of State Jim Condos, whose office moved in 2011 from Redstone to a downtown Montpelier Victorian house of the same era designed by the same architect. “I just think it hasn’t been well thought out.” Condos favors turning Redstone into a conference center. “It’s a beautiful building,” he said. “The state is always looking for conference room space.” Dissent over the future of Redstone illustrates why it’s taken so long to act. For state government, the decision to buy, sell, rent or own office space is never straightforward. State policy favors owning over renting — unless renting helps a community revitalize its downtown. Politics also plays a part. The state’s 8,000 workers are located in dozens of legislative districts; lawmakers have provincial interests and competing ideas about where and how those employees are housed. “Decisions are not made quickly,” Emmons conceded. “There’s a lot of questions asked and a lot of deliberation. That’s just part of the process.”

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Vermont’s largest home health and hospice agency, the Visiting Nurse Association of Chittenden and Grand Isle Counties, is considering joining the University of Vermont Health Network, the state’s largest hospital group. Five hospitals in Vermont and northern New York have joined the UVM Medical Center under the UVM Health Network umbrella in recent years, but the VNA would be the first home health agency to do so. The 111-year-old organization announced Monday that its board signed a nonbinding letter of intent to “explore a formal affiliation” with the network during the next few months. The VNA had more than 600 staff members last year and served more than 5,400 people.

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Scott Vetoes Budget, Teacher Health Care Bills Gov. Phil Scott sent a message Tuesday morning to the Vermont legislature formally vetoing two bills: H.518, the budget bill, and H.509, a property tax bill that was at the center of the executive-legislative impasse over teacher health care benefits. Some bizarre drama surrounded the delivery of his vetoes. The clerk of the House of Representatives, William MaGill, said he first received a single letter containing the veto of both bills. He said he returned the letter because he believed it was improperly framed. “The Constitution requires that each bill has its own explanation,” MaGill said. “You can’t sign two bills with a single signature, and you can’t veto two bills with one letter.” Scott’s spokeswoman, Rebecca Kelley, disputed MaGill’s characterization of the letter. She said that the JOHN WALTERS

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The 2nd Time Around shop will close by the end of the month and might not pay consignors who are owed money for clothing sold at the Burlington store. “I’m upset,” said Juliana Taylor after leaving the Church Street resale outlet Monday. The Burlington woman says 2nd Time Around owes her $200 for clothing the store sold on her behalf. So far, her efforts to collect have been futile. “Sometime, maybe around March, they stopped issuing checks,” she said. When she asked about it, Taylor was initially told there was a bookkeeping delay. Now, she said, “It’s pretty clear that that wasn’t it.”

VNA president and CEO Judy Peterson said talks began 18 months ago, prompted by a conversation she had with John Brumsted, the CEO of the UVM Medical Center and the president and CEO of the UVM Health Network. A year and a half later, Peterson has concluded that an affiliation “will certainly improve health care delivery.” By sharing the same medical records system, she said, providers could exchange patient information in real time, and they could better coordinate care for patients who use both hospital care and home care. “Having teams of hospital people and home health people working together will only improve those transitions,” Peterson said. If the VNA’s board does pursue an affiliation, it won’t need approval from the Green Mountain Care Board, Vermont’s health care regulator, because the process doesn’t involve a sale or acquisition, Peterson said. Financial concerns are not driving the discussion, according to the VNA president, who described the organization as “financially healthy.”

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governor’s original communication contained two separate letters, one for each bill. The identical communication was resubmitted Tuesday afternoon and MaGill accepted it at that time, Kelley said. In his letter, the governor linked his decision to his quest to “reverse our challenging demographic trends, grow the economy and make Vermont more affordable.” Scott asserted that he had “made a number of proposals to generate savings in the Education Fund … To date, the legislature has rejected all such proposals.” He also criticized the two bills as imposing unneeded tax burdens and drawing money from education fund reserves. In a prepared statement, House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D-South Hero) blasted Scott’s action as “disgraceful” and “unconscionable.” The vetoes set the stage for a special legislative session scheduled to begin on June 21. !

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1944-2017, MONKTON E. Calvin Schneider died peacefully of an interstitial lung infection at his home on June 4, 2017, in the house that he and his wife built 35 years ago. He was a loving husband, woodworker, gourmet cook, avid birder, reader, graceful skier, tennis player and cyclist. Cal loved traveling, going to Maine, adventures, his friends and being outside. He was born in Santa Fe, N.M., to Betsy and Ed Schneider and moved from Los Alamos, N.M., to Ithaca, N.Y., then to Vermont in 1946. He was in the first graduating class of South Burlington High School in 1962. After working in Saint Croix and having many sailing adventures, he returned to Vermont to finish his degree at the University of Vermont. Cal was most proud of excelling on the ski team in high school, serving on the ski patrol at Stowe and building an octagon for his friends in Charlotte. He contracted polio at the age of 6 and struggled with post-polio complications the last 30 years of his

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independent land surveyor, to name a few. He resided in New York and New Jersey, remaining close to his family and two young daughters, and hoped to one day move to the country and live on a farm. In 2005, he bought his dream home in Hinesburg, Vt., where he enjoyed the natural beauty of his environment and the simple pleasures of raising animals and maintaining his land. It was here he finally found his tribe: a community of musician friends he enjoyed piling into the living room of his old farmhouse for jam sessions that sometimes lasted into the wee hours of morning. Gabe is survived by his daughters Emilie Riddle and Mariel Bass; son-inlaw Tim Riddle; grandson Gryphon Riddle; sister Nancy Robinson; niece Jenna Robinson; and nephews Jesse Post and Ben and Bill Bass. He is also survived by numerous cousins; his two cats, Rougie and Little Miss; and many more close friends and music family. Friends, family and anyone who knew Gabe are invited to join us for a celebration of his life and legacy, as well as his emancipation and freedom from that old broke-down pickup truck of a body he is no longer trapped inside. Festivities will be held behind his house in the field that brought him peace, on his day of birth, August 27, at 1 p.m. Please bring an instrument if you play one and your fondest memories.

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1948-2017, HINESBURG Gabriel Sol Bass, 68, of Hinesburg, Vt., left this world on Friday, May 26, at 12:30 p.m., surrounded by music, close friends and family who lovingly talked to him, played and sang songs, and held him until his final breath. Gabe was a lifelong artist and musician, a loving father and father figure, a spreader of good karma, an irreplaceably loyal friend, an unrelenting student of selfimprovement, and a notable achiever of personal growth. He exemplified a level of patience and presence with other people that most can only hope to achieve. He was a smart-ass whose smile and laughter was contagious. He lived for the joy of loving his family, as well as being part of a close-knit community of musicians and friends. He practiced a degree of fierce independence and hardheadedness that allowed

him to live the life he truly wanted, and did so right up until his last day. Gabe was born on August 27, 1948, in Brooklyn, N.Y., the son of Theodora “Teddy” and George Bass. He grew up in Brooklyn and Queens, N.Y., with his siblings, Bob and Nancy. His natural talent and passion for art and for music was apparent early on. He began taking banjo lessons at age 14, the first of many stringed instruments he would eventually master. He graduated high school and performed with his band at local venues until he was drafted 1967. He enlisted in the Air Force and served his country in the Vietnam War until his medical discharge in 1971. Upon his release, Gabe began a much lengthier battle of coming to terms with his service and the moral conflicts it raised for him, as well as ongoing struggles with the “knuckleheads” at the Veterans Affairs who at times helped but also frustrated him. He participated in local veterans’ groups, where he both found support and provided help and guidance to fellow veterans facing difficulties after returning home. He studied fine art and majored in ceramics at Rutgers University in New Jersey, where he received his BFA degree. A resourceful man of many interests and skills, he made a living selling his art and ceramic wares, performing as a musician, renovating houses and working as an

life. Despite chronic pain, he enjoyed life to the fullest and had an exquisite capacity to do anything. He was a goodnatured, positive and gentle person and teacher. In the 1970s, he established a small, well-renowned woodworking shop with his brother. His real passion lay in fine woodworking, in which he took great patience and care to create furniture and intricate circular staircases designed by his brother Rick. As one friend put it: ”His spirit will live on in the ‘Calaesthetics’ he leaves behind.” Cal is survived by his best friend and wife, Cooter (Kathleen Bushey); his brother Bill and Bill’s daughter, JoHannah, of Middlebury; his brother Rick and Rick’s wife, Helen Gordon, of Panama; and extended family. Cal’s family would like to thank all the friends and relatives who cooked for them and supported them throughout his long illness. A special thanks is extended to the network of doctors and healers and the kind, professional people of Addison County Home Health and Hospice, and Hospice Volunteers. There will be a celebration of his life later this summer. To remember Cal, please go for a walk, savor a good meal and, if you

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Peel-Crescent downtown corridor and explore some of Montréal’s unique communities. Two examples: Chats de Rouelle, or Alley Cats, is a series of parties in different neighborhoods in each of the city’s 19 boroughs. Circus performers, outdoor movies and food trucks will make their way to various hoods to set up shop for a day. The Streets of Montréal events guide visitors through historic sites and outdoor exhibitions featuring work by Montréal artists in two neighborhoods: Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie and Le Plateau Mont-Royal. Motorists, take note: Many streets in those neighborhoods will be closed to traffic for events associated with the anniversary. Locals know that not all has been smooth sailing with the 375th celebrations. A highly visible component has been the illumination of the Jacques Cartier Bridge. The project features an interactive lighting system programmed to change with fluctuations in weather, traffic patterns and social media mentions of the city. It came with a price tag of $39.5 million CAD and is a bit of a

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etween the current political environment in the U.S. and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s boyish good looks, many Vermonters might already be thinking O Canada! But this summer, our friendly northern neighbor is really pulling out the stops to court visitors. For starters, there are two big birthday parties: the country’s 150th and the province of Québec’s 375th. Both entail numerous activities to mark the milestones. Celebration of the confederation anniversary includes events ranging from K-Pop flash mobs to a Prince Charles appearance on Canada Day (July 1). Officially, the festivities take place June 21 through July 2 (see canada.pch.gc.ca). But perhaps more relevant to Vermonters are the ways in which visitors are invited to explore the country throughout the year. Parks Canada (pc.gc.ca) is offering a free discovery pass to anyone — Canadian, American or otherwise — that can be ordered online and grants entry to any national park. A map to help you find the nearest ones is included with the pass, which comes in the form of a rear-view-mirror hanger adorned with a cute beaver. The discovery pass will get you into 148 places, including historic sites and marine conservation areas. In Québec, La Mauricie National Park in the Laurentian Mountains features a number of hiking trails, lakes and waterfalls. Driving a little farther will take you to Thousand Islands National Park, a great destination for quiet summer camping. Of course, in the province where Je me souviens adorns license plates, there’s always a sense of competition with, and even animosity toward, anything the federal government chooses to impose — even if it’s just a cute beaver. Besides, Québec can claim a much earlier foundation than that whippersnapper confederation. So Québec is having its own fête (375mtl.com). 2017 marks 375 years since Jeanne Mance arrived, along with Soeur Dominique de la Maisonneuve, to found the community of Ville-Marie on the island later renamed Montréal. The city is celebrating with numerous festivals and exhibits throughout the summer. For visitors, they present a great opportunity to break out of the

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subversive and legendary American artist Ron English. Art exhibitions, conferences, temporary exhibitions and musical performances occupy a stretch of Saint Laurent Boulevard. Guided tours are available, but there’s plenty to do for free. Five years of the festival have left a great variety of art on city walls.

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Most Sundays through September 24, piknicelectronik.com Many may ascribe nefarious activities to the electronic music scene, but Piknic Electronik is part of a growing international movement with a very different feel. This series, held at Plaine des Jeux in Parc Jean-Drapeau, prohibits drugs and alcohol and promotes bringing picnic baskets and the family. Jesse Rose, Motor City Drum Ensemble, Nicole Moudaber and Josh Wink are among the hundreds of names set to appear this season.

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July 12 to 31, hahaha.com Just for Laughs remains the world’s premier comedy festival, with English programming featured in the last week of July. That includes appearances by American standup comedian and actress Ali Wong and “The Daily Show” host Trevor Noah. The latter will discuss his experience growing up in apartheid-era South Africa and his perspective on world politics. Film producer, writer and actor Judd Apatow will tape a Netflix special at Place des Arts during the festival. And heads up, Burlington fans of funny: Vermont Comedy Club will be closed that week as owners Nathan Hartswick and Natalie Miller attend the fest. Talk about a busman’s holiday.

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June 8 to 18, francofolies.com Featuring several free stages around Place des Arts and multiple ticketed shows, FrancoFolies is a celebration of French music from around the world. Artists representing hip-hop, rock, chanson, pop, electronica and punk from Québec, France, Algeria, and many other francophone regions perform music and celebrate French culture. While it helps to know some français to attend this event, the music is beyond language.

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Boasting some 60,000 attendees over 20 days, the Fringe is an opportunity for artists, musicians and dancers from Canada and beyond to perform in an uncensored environment. If you always found yourself at the freaks and geeks table in high school, you’ll feel right at home at the fest, now in its 27th year in Montréal. It’s what the Island of Misfit Toys could have been if they’d learned to relax and just enjoy themselves. It’s difficult to give a capsule summary of a festival that includes more than 100 unique shows, 500 artists, 50 bands and loads of offbeat extras. But this sampling of events represents the diversity and dash of the Fringe:

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Are You There, Margaret? It’s Me, Gahd. Uma Gahd, one of Montréal’s top three drag queens, presents a high-energy onewoman show full of glitz and glam. Illustrated Lady. Sophie Post Croteau asks of the audience, “What do you see when you look at me?” as she sheds a layer of clothing to reveal the tattoos she’s been collecting since she was 8 years old. Each night she’ll have an audience member’s tattoo inked on her body. The Monkey King Gets His Staff. JingJu Canada presents this Chinese opera about an amazing fighter, the Monkey King, in search of a weapon. SCRUM. Six artists perform an intense, engrossing dance that ends with a stage spattered in fake blood. The multidisciplinary performance is an examination of trauma and disconnect in daily life. Cherry Docs. Written by Canadian playwright David Gow, this is one of the fest’s darker productions. In the emotionally fraught and timely play, a neo-Nazi skinhead is charged with a racially motivated murder; his public defender is Jewish.

June 28 to July 8, montrealjazzfest.com This festival reliably boasts an impressive lineup of ticketed big-name acts, but the best reason for attending might be the 350 free shows outdoors and in venues surrounding Place des Spectacles. A wide variety of styles beyond traditional jazz are represented, including reggae, soul, hip-hop and blues. Even Bob Dylan is playing! If a roster of international artists leaves you feeling homesick, go listen to Burlington’s own Kat Wright on June 30 as she performs on the Rio Tinto stage.

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sore spot for Montréalers who have been living with an abundance of potholes and other infrastructure issues. Nonetheless, the shows go on. This year Montréal is also marking 50 years since Expo 67. With a theme of “Man and His World,” the Expo featured displays of technological imagination in nearly 100 pavilions representing nations around the globe. The geodesic dome designed by R. Buckminster Fuller is the most iconic image associated with the event. Accordingly, this summer’s exhibit “Écho 67” will examine the environmental and cultural legacy of Expo 67 at the biosphere dome in Parc Jean-Drapeau. In another commemoration of the Expo, the McCord Museum will display a collection of clothing, costumes and accessories from the late ’60s. The Stewart Museum will present guided tours and multimedia installations to immerse visitors in technology of the past 50 years. Expo 67 was a formative event for the city, and its effect can still be felt in culture and cuisine. However, if you’re looking for fine dining while in Montréal, you’d do well by the locals to skip the new L’Atelier Joël Robuchon restaurant situated in the French and Québec pavilion from Expo 67. Montréal has its own culinary identity, and many local chefs are fuming over the multi-million-dollar taxpayer-subsidized payout — reportedly $11 million CAD — that Robuchon received to bring his Michelin-starred fare to the city. David McMillan, co-owner of Joe Beef, has been one of the more vocal opponents of the project, calling the restaurant “McDonald’s de luxe.” The app DINR provides a way to get same-day reservations at some of Montréal’s finest restaurants, including Joe Beef, Toqué! and Nora Gray. Québec’s anniversary celebrations come with the recognition that Montréal was not an uninhabited wasteland 375 years ago; the Hochelaga First Nations tribe had already settled on this part of the St. Lawrence River. The 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission report on residential schools is just one of many recent efforts of the province and nation to come to terms with their history, and to find a way to move forward after 375 years and many missteps. Accordingly, some of the celebrations incorporate and honor Montréal’s indigenous peoples, including a pow wow on June 18 at Parc Ahuntsic. First Nations groups will also present art installations, film screenings and theatrical events around the city over the summer. With an ever-apparent joie de vivre, Montréalers seldom need an extra

Lichtenstein Sails Into Middlebury College With ‘Young America’ B Y RA CHEL ELI ZA BET H JONES

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hen it comes to scrambling high and low art, pop artist Roy Lichtenstein could be considered one of the great masters. In 1994, decades after his rise to fame in the 1960s, he received an unlikely commission, one that could be seen as the ultimate vindication of his calculated cultural transgressions. It was to design work that would adorn a yacht, that quintessential signifier of the upper echelon. The fruits of this labor are now on view at Middlebury College’s MAHANEY CENTER FOR THE ARTS, accompanied by the contextualizing exhibition “Young America: Roy Lichtenstein and the America’s Cup.” At 77 feet long and 14 feet wide, the artist’s “Mermaid” is the Young America — or, technically, its hull. The racing yacht sailed in the 1995 America’s Cup with 1984 Middlebury College graduate (and art center namesake) KEVIN MAHANEY as its skipper. Today, Mahaney is president and CEO of the Olympia Companies, a hotel management, development and equity investment firm founded by his father in 1969. “Where the boat is now is where I played lacrosse,” Mahaney told the small gathering who celebrated the show’s opening last week. Among the guests were representatives of the Osaka City Museum of Modern Art, which loaned maquettes of the yacht’s hull and spinnaker, as well as schematic drawings, for the exhibition.

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“Mermaid” is on loan from the Storm King Art Center in New Windsor, N.Y. On the lawn outside the Mahaney Center, it gracefully hovers over the surface of a pond, held up by discreet supports. Nearby are college-owned sculptures by fellow contemporary art giants Vito Acconci and Robert Indiana. Covered from bow to stern, the hull features a yellow-haired mermaid that recalls the carved wooden figureheads of ships from earlier eras. The sparse colors, clean lines and Lichtenstein-style female, though, are distinctly modern. Inside, MIDDLEBURY COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ART director RICHARD SAUNDERS has curated an exhibition to situate the Young America and the Lichtenstein commission within yachting’s broader history.

Saunders explained that the history of racing yachts dates back to 19th-century America, when schooners needed to be fast to be the first to reach merchant ships entering colonial harbors. Though the purpose and design of yachts and yacht racing have changed considerably over the last couple of centuries, the Young America is a singular work in this history. “This commission was unique,” Saunders said. “There was no other artist that decorated a boat in this way.” Saunders speculated that yachts doubling as contemporary art never became a trend owing to the domination of sports by corporate sponsorship. “The Young America is a moment in time,” he said. “It wouldn’t happen today, because there’s too much money in advertising.” Yachting, as Saunders put it, “is all about wealthy people using their considerable resources to outmaneuver the competition.” The Lichtenstein commission, however, was not purely a vanity project. Mahaney and other members of his America’s Cup syndicate, PACT 95, used their racing endeavor to launch a nationwide educational initiative. “As we were doing the America’s Cup,” Mahaney told Seven Days by phone, “we were also doing a followalong program with kids around the

country, using the races to bring alive different subjects — mostly sciences and math, because the America’s Cup is about designing fast boats.” Endeavoring to integrate the arts into their program, Mahaney said, the group decided to involve a famous artist. “Roy ended up bubbling to the top [of the list],” he said. Students across the country (Mahaney estimated 15,000 to 20,000 participants) were invited to design their own graphics for the Young America’s spinnaker — one of its sails. A model of the spinnaker that Lichtenstein made to accompany “Mermaid” is included in the exhibition. It features rays of yellow sun shining through clouds onto ocean waves. The original, functional spinnaker — the one used in the 1995 race — went missing in the months after the competition. Mahaney hopes it will resurface one day and is offering a $25,000 reward as an incentive. Aye, aye, captain! ! Contact: rachel@sevendaysvt.com

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Vermont art collector and archivist MARK WASKOW bought his first piece of art at the 1998 SOUTH END ART HOP in Burlington. It was a table encrusted with cigarettes made by artist Gretchen Whittier. Now Waskow’s collection is so vast, it has a name: the Waskowmium. And he’s on a mission to share his love of collecting with other Vermonters. Toward that end, Waskow has created a program that will allow individuals to buy art from local organizations. First, he donated $2,500 to each of three arts nonprofits: STUDIO PLACE ARTS in Barre, and FROG HOLLOW VERMONT CRAFT GALLERY and the SOUTH END ARTS AND BUSINESS ASSOCIATION in Burlington. The same sum will be donated to those arts organizations again next year. Using the donation, the three institutions created their own gift certificates valued at $500 apiece, with which prospective patrons can purchase art from them. In this first round, at least, Waskow himself will select the lucky recipients. The program is as yet unnamed, but it could be filed under “what goes around comes around.”

As an avid serial art buyer and advocate, Waskow recognizes that he is somewhat of an outlier in Vermont. “For a lot of different reasons, most people don’t routinely buy art,” he says. “I was thinking about what one could do about this, and it came to my attention that maybe there was a way of both supporting organizations that I’m interested in supporting and, at the same time, promoting the collection of art. So I started a micro-grant program.” SEABA is holding on to one of its five gift certificates and plans to award it to a recipient at the Art Hop in September. SUE HIGBY, executive director of SPA and Waskow’s partner, says the pair will begin to create and distribute her certificates this week. Waskow will distribute Frog Hollow’s certificates, but the craft center is throwing in a bonus: Each recipient will also get a membership to the nonprofit, which includes 10 percent off all merchandise. “The way I look at it, it’s the least we can do,” says Frog Hollow director ROB HUNTER. How does Waskow choose recipients? “In the course of my travels, I run into people who have an interest in art and would be purchasing it regularly if they were able to do it,” he explains. “So that’s the basis of the gift. People that would otherwise collect art but can’t.” Another part of Waskow’s mission is to dispel the notion that art is just for the well heeled. “I think a lot of people have a resistance to purchasing art because they’ve been told that you have to be really wealthy,” he says. “I have a feeling that if I start some of these people off with the opportunity … it’ll be followed by other purchases.” Waskow’s project is planned to last just two years. Maybe another collector will pick up the mantle?

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Was there ever any determination as to the dangerousness of Agent Orange? Of course it was dangerous to plants, but what about the grunts? I personally wouldn’t want to breathe in anything the U.S. government is dropping on the enemy, but the concern in the mid-’80s seemed to be the lingering nature of the symptoms. Any ideas? — Eric Lee

ingering” is certainly the mot juste — 45 years after we quit spraying it around, we’re still trying to figure out what Agent Orange’s effects on the body are. If it seems surprising that the U.S. has yet to fully flush a Vietnam-era toxic agent from its system, consider that nobody’s figured out how to get rid of Henry Kissinger either. First, to recap: Faced with a peasant army fighting out of the dense forests of South Vietnam, the U.S. military resolved to simply destroy the forests via mass herbicide spraying, thereby forcing the guerrillas out into the open. A simple plan. What could go wrong? For this initiative — code-named Operation Ranch Hand and running from 1962 until 1971 — the military relied on a few different herbicides, identified by a color and differentiated by their chemical composition. The most heavily used, to the tune of 12 million gallons dispersed, was Agent Orange.

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Agent Orange contained equal parts of two plant-killing chemicals, 2,4-D and 2,4,5T. Getting basted with 2,4-D wouldn’t be a walk in the park, of course, but the latter component is the bad actor here. The manufacture of 2,4,5-T, it turns out, also produces a contaminant: the dioxin TCDD, a notably persistent chlorine compound that’s been linked — but, as we’ll see, with varying degrees of confidence — to spina bifida and related neural birth defects, cancer, skin disease, and a host of other unpleasant conditions. The collective realization that our super-defoliant might be even more harmful than intended wasn’t particularly gradual — it’s not like we woke up to the corollary effects only decades down the road. As early as the mid-’60s, scientists were warning against the longterm uncertainty of what might be wrought by herbicidal warfare. By 1969 researchers had discovered the dioxin in Agent

Orange, and in 1970 the surgeon general issued a warning about it. The Vietnamese, meanwhile, were seeing these fears come to life — local dispatches reported rising rates of birth defects, stillbirths, premature births and miscarriages. You asked about U.S. troops, and that’s where we’ll confine our discussion here, but the Vietnamesecivilian angle is another, frankly ghastlier, story. Service members’ exposure was incidental; noncombatants on the ground were the ones being hosed down with the stuff What was gradual was an understanding of the exact link between Agent Orange and the afflictions that started showing up in Vietnam vets and their children — a devilish connection to make, even over decades of study. Why so tricky? An array of factors: For one, early research didn’t track things like alcohol and tobacco use, which can also cause natal health problems. Another reason was a poor understanding of the

paternal relationship to birth defects, and yet another is the presence of dioxins in some commercial herbicides — who’s to say for sure where the exposure happened? Nonetheless, after years of veteran activism and plenty of anecdotal data — namely a lot of veterans getting sick — enough dots had been connected that in 1991 Congress passed the Agent Orange Act. This established a few conditions suspected of being linked to dioxin exposure, such as soft-tissue sarcoma, as “presumptive diseases” — that is, if a Vietnam vet was diagnosed with one of them, the connection to herbicide exposure could be presumed without anyone having to prove it, and Veterans Affairs would provide compensation. Through the 1990s and 2000s, cycles of Congressional hearings, further study and legislation followed, lengthening the list of presumptive diseases and thus broadening eligibility for VA money and care. The government remained reluctant, though, to spell out any links between defoliant and health trouble: A benefits act passed in 2000, granting compensation to female vets whose kids had birth defects, didn’t mention Agent Orange, dioxin or herbicides at all — it just talked

generally about service in Vietnam. And that about brings us to the present, where the scope of the Agent Orange problem is still under debate. In 2010 the Obama administration issued a rule further expanding the presumptive-disease circle to include Parkinson’s, ischemic heart disease and other conditions; it estimated that an additional 150,000 vets would be able to submit claims. Any chance President Donald Trump will take up the cause? Well, he has promised to beef up the VA, and there are opportunities here — Congress has lately been considering extending benefits to “blue-water sailors,” personnel who served on ships off the Vietnamese coast where Agent Orange may have been handled but who never got any closer to where it was used. (The VA’s current position is that there isn’t enough evidence for their disability claims; bluewater vets have to demonstrate direct exposure.) But we’ve heard nothing about this or any other Agent Orange-related topic from the White House, which hosts no relevant policy papers on its website. A general internet search, meanwhile, for the phrases “Donald Trump” and “Agent Orange,” yields ... well, I’m sure you can guess.

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includes suburbs, thickets, swampy areas and woods — basically, wherever there are dense bushes for nesting. Perhaps that explains why our reader couldn’t name just one place where he had heard the bird — it was everywhere. Still … Dorito? For help on that front, we spoke with “Bird Diva” Bridget Butler, who regularly appears on Vermont Public Radio to discuss avian life. We wanted to know how many different sounds a cardinal could make.

First, Butler informed us that birds vocalize in two ways: songs and calls. “Songs tend to be longer and melodious; calls are short and of varying intensities,” she explained. “Typically,” Butler continued, “we can group the songs and calls of birds into five voices, all used in different ways.” The first three are songs for mating and claiming territory. “The other voices are shorter, more call oriented,” Butler said. Those include contact calls — kind of a “how do you do?” — begging calls used by hatchlings, and alarm calls. The way people interpret different bird voices is very personal, Butler said. “You’re using a mnemonic device to be able to explain the pattern and phrasing of what you’re hearing,” she explained. So one person could hear a cardinal and think, Huh, that sounds like “Dorito.” Another could hear it and think it’s saying, “Nemo! Nemo! Nemo!” When asked which calls we might hear right now from cardinals, Butler said probably a mix of territory and mating songs. “Every male is going to mix it up a little bit, and everybody has their own way of interpreting what they’re hearing,” she noted. “I always tell people, ‘Go with what works for you.’” The Audubon Vermont website lists the conventional descriptions for the sounds a northern cardinal makes. Those include “Rich what-cheer, cheer, cheer” and “Purty, purty, purty, purty,” among others. Naturalist LaBarr had a more exciting interpretation. “I think a cardinal song is a Star Wars laser gun,” he said. “Pew, pew, pew!” ! Contact: sadie@sevendaysvt.com

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It became clear that we weren’t going to get anywhere without knowing where the Dorito bird was located. So we reached out to our petitioner for more information. In turn, he posted a question to his Facebook page soliciting help. “Birder friends in Vermont. Does anyone know about the birdcall I hear from time to time? The call sounds like the bird is saying, ‘Dorito! Dorito! Dorito!’” he wrote. To both our surprise, some people knew exactly what he was talking about. “Yes! I think it’s a cardinal! Not sure male or female,” one woman responded. “Thanks, because I have often wondered about the Dorito bird,” another wrote. And then came a firm answer: “Cardinal! It’s nesting in your hedges behind our house!” a helpful neighbor wrote. Our reader then backed up these claims with a YouTube video he found that demonstrated the varied calls of the bird. While the means of discovery were somewhat anticlimactic, we had solved the riddle of the Dorito bird. But it raised other questions: If a cardinal call sounds like the word “Dorito,” why doesn’t everyone hear it that way? Why didn’t we know about the Dorito bird? And is that the only sound it makes? The northern cardinal isn’t exactly subtle. The males are a flamboyant red with a dashing black mask and bright-red beak. They have a wideranging habitat that, according to Audubon,

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ave you ever been walking down the street, minding your own business, when some bird started screaming about tortilla chips? One Seven Days reader had that very experience — kind of. More specifically, he wrote in asking if we could identify a bird he’s heard repeatedly in Chittenden County whose call sounds like the name “Dorito.” Dorito, Dorito, Dorito. Since it’s spring and our feathered friends are really letting loose, we agreed to find the source of that funky birdcall (which is not the same as birdsong, we would soon learn). WTF? First, we called up Montpelier biologist Bryan Pfeiffer, who’s written for the New York Times, EatingWell and Field & Stream, among other publications. He said that, without knowing where the bird is, it could be difficult to determine its species based solely on call or song. Though he couldn’t figure out which bird might chirp “Dorito,” Pfeiffer said, “There is a bird — the American goldfinch — well known to say ‘potato chip’ when it flies.” Close, but not the snack we were looking for. Our second stop on the trail to the truth was Mark LaBarr, the conservation program manager at Audubon Vermont. Part of his job is to stand outside and identify birds by their calls, gathering information to report to the Vermont Center for Ecostudies. That organization studies birds and other creatures with the aid of citizen scientists and recently published a study that compiles more than 25 years of data on forest birds. LaBarr had mixed sentiments about the Dorito bird quest. “Personally, when I’m trying to identify birds and hear a vocalization I can’t place, I grab my binoculars and go looking for it,” he said. Just like Pfeiffer, LaBarr stressed the importance of location in identifying birds. “Thrushes are a good example,” he said. “In lower elevations, around water, you would hear a veery, which is a thrush; and if you go to the top of Mount Mansfield, you would come across a Bicknell’s thrush, a relative of the veery that you would only find at the top of Vermont’s highest peaks.” Both thrushes sound similar, at least to an untrained birder listening to the recordings on the Audubon website — kind of shrill, perhaps a little needy?

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f Vermont manufacturers could design and assemble the ideal employee to join their future workforce, that person would look a lot like Ethan Guillemette. The 24-year-old, who’s built like a defensive lineman, grew up working on his family’s 200-head dairy farm in Shelburne, where he learned to take apart and repair farm implements when they broke down. If his father or one of his uncles wanted to modify or improve a piece of equipment, they’d design and rebuild it themselves, as Guillemette did for his high school senior project: a 16-foot trailer he constructed from scratch. When Guillemette wasn’t studying or working on the farm, he drove an 18-wheeler for Bellavance Trucking in Barre.

Such hands-on skills are increasingly rare, but manual dexterity alone doesn’t explain why Guillemette, a newly minted college grad, has a wealth of job prospects to choose from. He’s in demand because he also knows how to program and operate a CNC, or computer numerical code, controller to run tools such as lathes, mills, routers and grinders. He understands the fundamentals of thermodynamics, electrical conductivity, fluid dynamics, and the statics and strengths of different materials. And he can program a brand-new robot to do a “handshake,” or interaction, with a milling machine that was built 30 years ago. In short, he understands and speaks the language of advanced manufacturing. That means he can take a product from concept to design to prototype to

mass production — skills that are highly valued in today’s high-tech manufacturing environment. Guillemette is one of 10 students who just graduated from a new degree program at Vermont Technical College; the four-year bachelor’s of science in manufacturing engineering technology is the first of its kind in Vermont. Every member of the inaugural class has at least one job offer. The course of study is meant to address the single biggest challenge facing the state’s advanced manufacturers today: a widening skills gap between their personnel needs and those that the typical high school or college graduate can deliver. That mismatch is “only getting bigger — significantly bigger,” said

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headquartered in a converted Bethel dairy barn ever since. Through the 1960s and ’70s, GW became known as a contract plastics manufacturer for large multinational corporations that included Polaroid, Gillette and IBM. In the early 1970s, Westgaard sold his share of the business to Galvin, who later sold to the Carborundum Company of Buffalo, N.Y. Then, following a series of corporate acquisitions through the late ’70s and early ’80s, GW suffered from what Riehl calls “largecompany neglect.” In the early ’80s Riehl’s father, Frederic Riehl, a chemical engineer, was hired as GW’s general manager. Six months later,

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he tiny Vermont mill town of Bethel hosts some of the most advanced plastics manufacturing in the world. On the production floor at GW Plastics, clear Plexiglas boxes the size of cargo vans contain high-speed robots that interact with computerized injectionmolding machines in a meticulously choreographed dance. Each workstation produces plastic components that will later be incorporated into larger finished medical and automotive products: the flexible grips for surgical staplers, parts for contact lens cases, safety mechanisms used in seatbelt-retraction devices. Each part must meet the customers’ precise design specs to one-thousandth of an inch. “These molding machines are like trophy homes on Lake Champlain,” said Brenan “Ben” Riehl, GW’ president and CEO. “They can go for anywhere from $300,000 to over a million a pop.” The employees who operate the equipment wear white coveralls, hairnets and safety glasses. Peer beneath their protective garb and you’ll notice something telling about GW’s workforce: Many are nearing, or beyond, typical retirement age, including 87-year-old Bill Wells, who’s worked for the company for decades. Riehl said that in the last two years alone, he’s given out at least five 50-year service awards to GW employees. Though staff longevity is an asset and longtime workers are invaluable in mentoring newer workers, Riehl acknowledged that both could be liabilities — were the company not laying the groundwork for future labor needs. “We’re an advanced manufacturer and we need a highly skilled workforce,” he explained. “If we try to recruit our way out of it, it’s not gonna happen.” To that end, GW has invested considerable time, energy and resources in the last few years to create an educational “ecosystem” in central Vermont to populate its future workforce. It starts at the high school level, continues through Vermont Technical College’s bachelor’s of science degree program in manufacturing technology and extends into GW’s current workforce. GW has a long history of innovative thinking. The company was founded in 1955 by early plastics pioneers John Galvin and Odin Westgaard — hence the GW in the name. There was no logical business reason to locate the company in Vermont, Riehl noted, but both men enjoyed hunting, fishing and skiing. According to company lore, the two were returning from a fishing trip in Canada when they stopped at Tozier’s Restaurant in Bethel, and someone invited them to drop their lines in the nearby White River. They fell in love with the area, and GW has been

when presented with an opportunity to buy the company outright from Standard Oil of Ohio, the elder Riehl quickly assembled a group of investors and took the company private in 1983. In 1989, Ben Riehl went to work for his father, who still chairs GW’s board of directors. In 1983, GW had just 140 employees. Today, it has 1,100 spread among four U.S. facilities — Bethel, Royalton, San Antonio, Texas and Tucson, Ariz. — and two foreign plants, in China and Mexico. Why stay in New England? As Riehl pointed out, GW’s entire senior management team lives in Vermont or New Hampshire and is committed to maintaining its Green Mountain presence. Like most American manufacturers, GW has struggled to fill its high-tech positions. But rather than “sitting on our hands,” said Riehl, and waiting for others to solve its problem, the company decided to tackle its workforce shortage head on. In years past, Riehl explained, GW offered scholarships to local high school students. Though they were good for the company’s public image, they didn’t return much bang for the buck, as most of those students left Vermont and never returned. So in 2015, the company founded its “School of Tech” program, a semesterlong class for local high school students starting in the ninth grade. They spend three days a week at GW learning about polymer science, product design, injection molding, automation, quality assurance and general business skills. The class includes a visit to Gifford Medical Center in Randolph where students get to see GW’s medical devices in action. GW has also invested heavily in Vermont Tech’s manufacturing degree program. In addition to funding its advanced manufacturing labs, GW now offers full scholarships and paid summer internships to Vermont Tech students. Assuming those students perform well, Riehl said, a high-paying job with benefits that are “second to none” in Vermont, awaits them upon graduation. GW just hired three from Vermont Tech’s class of 2017. The company has also created a Technical Leadership Program that identifies current GW employees who never attended college but wish they had. Those staffers can now earn an associate’s degree in mechanical engineering at Vermont Tech — and GW fully reimburses their tuition. Once they graduate, GW gives them a 10 percent pay increase. GW’s investment in educating its workforce pays its own dividends. Before an employee completes the company-funded associate’s degree, each must devise an innovation that saves GW money — then present that idea to senior management. So far, seven employees have completed the program, including a pair of brothers. “Neither of them had graduated from college, so this was a big deal for them,” Riehl said proudly. “And, it was a big deal for us, too.” KE N P I C ARD

In the last year, there’s been plenty of public discussion and media coverage about U.S. manufacturing going to other countries, especially Mexico, China and India. In 2016, then-presidential candidate Donald Trump made the loss of American factory jobs a centerpiece of his campaign — and, based on his victories in the Rust Belt states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan and Wisconsin, that message clearly struck a chord with thousands of blue-collar voters. But the widespread outsourcing of U.S. manufacturing jobs to more costeffective plants overseas is only part of the story. Economists point out that

many other positions were lost, not to cheap foreign labor, but to computers, robots and automation. As Sean Gregory notes in his May 29 Time magazine article, “The Jobs That Weren’t Saved,” robots now perform about 10 percent of all manufacturing worldwide, a figure that’s predicted to rise to 25 percent by 2025. In Vermont, similar trends are reshaping manufacturing, the state’s largest private-industry sector, which comprises nearly 10 percent of its gross domestic product. In 1997, 44,000 Vermonters worked in manufacturing, according to VMEC figures. By 2010, the number had fallen to 31,000 — about a 25 percent decline.

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t’s fitting that Bosnian-born Emir Heco heads up a small manufacturing shop in Essex Junction that prides itself on bringing back-of-the-napkin sketches to reality. “The best ideas come from scratching your own itch,” explained the 32-year-old CEO of Heco Engineering, who fled Sarajevo at age 11 to make a new life for himself in the U.S. Inside a tidy red barn, the young entrepreneur leads a team of six in designing and fabricating a wide range of products from start to finish, including cannabis grinders, lamps and helicopter vibration sensors. “A one-stop shop,” Heco offered. The black T-shirt he wore last Thursday proclaimed simply, “Make Things.” Two employees were working on a wind tower bat deterrent for Hinesburgbased NRG Systems. “It’s a bat scarecrow, if you will,” Heco said of the license-platesized contraption with small, highfrequency speakers that blast out sounds the flying creatures don’t like. When the giant wind-powered blades kill bats or other endangered creatures, companies such as NRG may have to cease operation to figure out why, he explained. “So that’s a ton of potential money lost,” said Heco, and he should know. Heco started working at NRG when he was a student at the University of Vermont and, after earning his degree, stayed on as an engineer for eight years. The young problem solver had already learned to be adaptable. Back in Sarajevo, “My father was a toolmaker and a machinist. I spent a lot of time playing around with some of those things,” Heco recalled. When the war broke out there, his father joined the army. Shrapnel from

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a rocket-propelled grenade killed him in 1993, when Heco was 8. Three years later, the boy came to Vermont with his mother and brother, and the family of war refugees settled in Essex Junction. Emir graduated from Essex High School knowing he wanted to be an engineer and maybe run his own business some day. He was still working at NRG when his mother was involved in a car accident that left her paralyzed — the seat went backward on impact because of a design flaw attributed to Wisconsinbased Johnson Controls. In 2013, a jury awarded Dzemila Heco, Emir Heco and his brother Kenan Heco $43.1 million in one of the largest personal-injury settlements in Vermont history. Heco left NRG to work as a consultant for a year, offering design and maker solutions before opening his small shop off Old Stage Road. Since 2015, he and

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his team have been making parts and finished products and testing prototypes for clients, small and large. The place feels more like a fun and funky tech startup than a manufacturing plant. Cows graze outside in an adjacent field, and inside, the walls are decorated with vintage hand saws. Heco is attracting local business: He pointed to a high-end porcelain lamp the firm helped produce for Burlington designer Tabbatha Henry. It’s earned some national contracts, too: Heco showed off a

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Two large, computerized machines occupy the center of the shop — a milling machine and a lathe programmed to cut into metal. Off in a corner, Heco keeps earlier versions of the same tools. The old stuff intrigues him because it shows how far manufacturing has come. The 1970s machinery ran on levers that someone had to turn, all day long. “Now we push a button and walk away,” Heco explained. Well, not quite, he allowed. He and his team of engineers and experienced machinists take a drawing and upload it to a computer. Then they program the machines to cut, stamp and finish metal according to specifications. Things don’t always go as planned, necessitating adjustments to both the design and manufacturing. But the orders keep on coming. The company is expanding — to a new, 14,000-square-foot warehouse now under construction at Essex’s Saxon Hill Industrial Park. Heco is hoping to move by the end of the year, buy more manufacturing machines and possibly hire more employees. For talent, Heco looks to Vermont Technical College; he spent a year there after high school before transferring to UVM. This summer he’s expecting an intern from the school, and he’s got a pilot project going with its manufacturing program. Private companies use Vermont Tech’s machines and students to make various products and parts on contract. The idea is to give companies such as Heco Engineering a better pool of trained employees — as it is, Heco said, small manufacturing firms often have to poach experienced machinists and programmers from other employers to get the talent they need. Many students ask why they must learn foundation math, machining and engineering concepts and don’t see how those fields connect to the real world, Heco added. Bringing actual work their way keeps them engaged. “We have a giant opportunity now.” M O L LY WA L S H

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small wind-resistant clamp being designed to better secure Go-Pro video cameras to skydiving helmets. The company is also producing a marijuana grinder for a West Coast business Heco would not name. With a sleek design, and “quick-coupling” easy-open top, the grinder prototype is a luxury item in the marijuana consumer products industry.

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But as Zider pointed out, average worker productivity during that same time period actually rose by about 70 percent. In short, the average Vermonter employed in manufacturing produced about 2.5 times more in 2010 than he or she did in 1997. Most of those advances, Zider noted, resulted from improvements in manufacturing technologies as well as the adoption of so-called “lean manufacturing” techniques — the term for producing goods faster, cheaper and more sustainably without sacrificing quality. But in order for local companies to keep pace with those technological advances, they need highly trained workers who

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hat passes for excitement in Arlington, Vt. doesn’t always win over young professionals in the manufacturing business. Mack Molding president Jeff Somple sighed as he recounted how a 27-year-old engineer quit because “there was nothing to do” in the southern Vermont town of 2,300, and he couldn’t find a girlfriend. “He had no social life,” Somple said during an interview May 30 in his office on the sylvan campus, where a company “game cam” regularly captures footage of bears in the surrounding woods. Somple considers it a good sign when a job candidate drives into the company parking lot with a kayak strapped to the car roof or a pair of hiking boots in the back seat. It shows that the applicant might be a good fit at the rural plant that offers free fly-fishing clinics to employees. The trout-filled Battenkill River is nearby. “You’re really looking for people who want to invest in the lifestyle,” explained Somple. Mack is one of Vermont’s most successful and versatile manufacturers, with a total of about 550 employees at three plants: two in Arlington and one in Cavendish. Its parent company, Mack Group, has a longer reach. Also headquartered in Arlington, it employs more than 2,000 workers at 11 sites around the U.S. and Mexico. The company is best known for molding plastic and once made the tiny houses and hotels used in the Monopoly board game. But its product line today is much more diverse. Inside the company’s vast, 320,000-squarefoot plant — a cavernous space that amounts to roughly seven acres under one roof — workers make parts for 3-D printers, warehouse robots, milk shake machines and medical equipment. In a room that smelled like Play-Doh, a plastic-injection molding machine as long as a semi sucked pellets of plastic from a big cardboard bin, heated them in a metal barrel and molded them into a placematshaped filter for an environmental remediation product. The sole worker on the machine stood at the far end, collecting and stacking the filters as they plopped out, one by one. In another part of the plant, a laser machine cut openings into a piece of sheet metal; in a sterile “clean room,” workers assembled medical equipment. Other workers put together the sheet-metal frame of f’real brand blenders, snapped

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While some shift workers headed to the cafeteria, others made a beeline to the company fitness center to play squash, practice yoga or take a “body pump” class. handles onto surgical trays, measured parts for quality control, and helped move finished products or raw materials around the plant. At 11:45 a.m., an electronic pinging noise interrupted the sound of humming fans and motors to announce the lunch break. While some shift workers headed to the cafeteria, others made a beeline to the company fitness center to play squash, practice yoga or take a “body

pump” class. As part of Mack’s wellness program, medical professionals make regular on-site visits to treat minor aches and pains, check blood pressure and encourage healthy behaviors. A Biggest Winner competition motivates employees to lose weight. Despite the perks, recruiting can be a challenge in a low-population area. To find engineers, Mack offers a paid summer internship to students earning

four-year degrees at schools around the country. Rutland-raised Margaret Clark, 19, is earning her mechanical engineering degree from Virginia Tech. She’s home for the summer working at Mack. On May 30, she was toiling alongside a senior engineer to program a laser printer that would inscribe the handle of a surgical instrument. “I like it so far, it’s really exciting,” she said from behind safety glasses. The company also recruits interns and workers from the University of Vermont and Vermont Technical College. But a large number of the plant’s employees do assembly work for an hourly wage. Those who come straight out of high school are encouraged to attend courses at Community College of Vermont, which has a campus 20 miles south in Bennington. Luke Darwell, a line leader in the medical tray production area, grew up fixing computers for fun. With encouragement from the company, the 27-year-old is taking courses at CCV and hopes to complete an engineering degree someday. The training is also helping him find “quicker ways to get the product out the door,” he said. Mack is in Vermont for the same reason IBM was: One of the founders liked the place. Kenneth W. Macksey and Donald S. Kendall teamed up in New Jersey back in 1920. Nineteen years later, Kendall moved part of the operation to an icebox factory in Arlington because he liked to hunt and fish and eventually split off from the original company to stay in Vermont. Last year the Mack Group logged revenues of $350 million, up from $335 million in 2015. Business is good, Somple said, partly because the company has found a sweet spot in manufacturing that he likes to refer to as the “BBC” — big, bulky and complicated. It makes solar-powered streetlights and a photopheresis machine used to treat people with cancer. According to Somple, those kinds of parts or finished products are harder for U.S. companies to make overseas in cheap-labor markets. “People are very nervous about China now,” Somple said, noting that President Donald Trump’s mixed signals on tariffs appear to be spurring new interest in U.S. manufacturing. That anxiety won’t likely result in more Mack plants in Vermont. Somple said the combination of the state’s relatively high utility costs, taxes and development scrutiny make it a more difficult place to expand than other parts of the country, such as the Southeast. But the company is bringing in new contracts — several, for example, to make parts for 3-D printers and warehouse robots. Mack hopes to hire another 75 to 100 people in Arlington in the coming year or so, including future engineers from the intern pool, Somple said. “Our goal is that some of these kids [will] want to come back and want to have a career at Mack.” MOLLY WALSH

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way it did 20 years ago. The half dozen Bridgeport milling machines all have brand-new, 2017 CNC controllers like those in many manufacturing facilities around the country. As in most modern plants, Vermont Tech’s has an open floor plan, which allows students to reconfigure their workspace for the specific tasks at hand. In one corner, an industrial plastics training machine is nowhere near as large or complex as those found 10 miles down the road at GW. Still, Gray said the machine is ideal for teaching students the various methods used in making molded plastic products such

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as pill bottles, screwdriver handles and Frisbee golf discs. At another workstation, Gray showed how his manufacturing students created an automated process to build handheld maze games for kids, designed to look like the classic Nintendo Game Boy, only without any electronics. As part of that senior project, Gray explained, the students had to create an “automated lights-out assembly process.” In layman’s terms, that means that, at the touch of a button, the system would work through the night without any human intervention — hence the “lights out” — to produce a series of parts for the next day. The project, which involved about 500 hours of labor, included teaching a 20-year-old CNC milling machine to communicate with a brand-new robot. While the students slept, the robot would grab a piece of aluminum out of a feeder, drop it into the milling machine and cut a maze pattern. Next, the robot would flip the aluminum piece over, cut

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by parents or school counselors that it meant either working in a mindless, dirty and dead-end job on an assembly line — or it required a PhD in electromechanical engineering or computer science to build robots and artificial intelligence. As school districts have looked for ways to trim budgets, many have eliminated vocational training. “So we kind of fell off the map,” Tempesta said, “and our traditional ways of recruiting stopped working.” Two years ago, GW approached Vermont Tech to help alter those perceptions. As part of the company’s long-term strategic plan to grow its local workforce (see sidebar, page 29) it decided, in the words of VMEC’s Zider, “to put some skin in the game.” GW donated $35,000 toward Vermont Tech’s new Advanced Manufacturing Laboratory, one of five new manufacturing labs on the Randolph Center campus. It was quiet and student-free last week during a tour of Vermont Tech’s new $2 million manufacturing training facility. “Shop class” doesn’t look the

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Computer and electronic products $605 million

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Food, beverage and tobacco products $468 million

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Machinery $254 million Fabricated metal $225 million

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Chemical products $174 million

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Policymakers are already on board. Hours before the tour, Gray attended a meeting entitled “Pathways into advanced manufacturing” with Vermont Tech president Pat Moulton and Secretary of Education Rebecca Holcombe. The old educational model, in which college-bound high school students didn’t “waste their time” on vocational training, is being turned on its head. Holcombe described Vermont Tech’s advanced manufacturing program as “an ideal nexus” for “building new career pathways” and “boosting workforce preparation opportunities” for students interested in technical fields.

Those fields already provide some of Vermont’s highest-paying jobs. In 2014, the average wage in manufacturing in Vermont was $55,290, about 29 percent higher than the statewide average wage of $43,017. Benefits tend to be generous and often include creative perks such as yoga classes and fly-fishing clinics (see sidebar, page 32). According to Zider, every dollar of goods manufactured in Vermont generates an additional $1.40 in economic activity and supports another 4.9 jobs. “If you look at the whole supply chain,” he added, “they need legal support, accounting support, marketing support, so … this is an enterprise that has

tentacles out there touching all facets of our economy.” During the summer, Gray works for the American Precision Museum in Windsor. There he likes to remind visitors of Vermont’s role in the Industrial Revolution. It was at the Robbins & Lawrence factory in Windsor, he said, where the world’s first interchangeable parts were made, giving rise to the country’s precision machine tool industry. About 60 percent of the rifles used in the Civil War were designed and produced in Windsor. During World War II, Gray added, Adolph Hitler drew up a list of potential targets to bomb on the East Coast. According to local lore, the cluster of Vermont manufacturing plants known as “Precision Valley” was on it. Green Mountain factories may not be in the crosshairs of America’s adversaries today, but whether they produce socks, cheese, ice cream or drug-delivery devices, Gray pointed out, each is engaged in a form of manufacturing. “For an economy to grow, you’ve got to make something,” he said. “If we do anything well at Vermont Tech, it’s preparing students for change … What they’re going to be doing in five years hasn’t even been invented yet.” ! Contact: ken@sevendaysvt.com

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another maze, then drop it on a visioning system for inspection the next day. “What we’re trying to encourage … is: Think process, not product,” Gray explained. “What are the processes that go into what they’re making?” In an adjoining laboratory, students learn inspection and metrology, or the science of measurement, which are necessary both for designing parts and ensuring their quality. Though incoming freshmen don’t necessarily need advanced calculus in order to succeed in this program, Gray said, they do need to understand that mathematics is the language of engineering. “There’s an old saying in manufacturing,” he said. “You can’t build something unless you can measure it.” In another laboratory, Gray showed off the jigs and fixtures his students came up with as part of an arrangement that lets them work on actual projects for Heco Engineering in Essex Junction (see sidebar, page 30). This job was complicated: The purpose of the device couldn’t be revealed to the student engineers because the final product hadn’t been patented yet. Eventually, they learned that it was a device to repel bats from wind turbines. In the next lab, Gray showed off the school’s new water jet, the only one of its kind in an academic setting in Vermont. This $100,000 piece of machinery uses a mixture of granulated garnet and highpressure water, shot through a nozzle at 30,000 to 40,000 pounds per square inch, to cut through anything from aluminum to six-inch industrial steel. Gray’s graduating seniors used this huge cutter to mass-produce Vermont Tech key chains, which the students later sold to raise money to buy more equipment. With manufacturing technology changing so rapidly, how does Vermont Tech intend to remain up-to-date on the latest industry practices? Gray, who’s spent the last 32 years straddling industry and education, emphasized that this program is not about memorizing code or knowing how to operate the most state-of-the-art machinery. It’s about training students to solve practical, realworld problems. “Because of the way Vermont Tech teaches, you learn the process from start to finish,” Guillemette said. “That way, you can be more useful as a designer, as a toolmaker, because you know how it all has to come together. Not only is it enjoyable for me, but I can see a finished product afterward … This is what I’ve always wanted to do.”

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n the evening of May 31, Chanon Bernstein sat in the conference room at Rhino Foods manufacturing company with a pen and seven certificates. An English instructor from Vermont Adult Learning, he carefully signed each one. The first read: “Theogene Mahoro has successfully completed the Rhino Foods English at Work course.” An hour later, Mahoro and his coworkers — who had completed their shifts or were midway through them — arrived with cakes, samosas and sodas to celebrate the last day of their 18-week English at Work course. When Mahoro received his certificate from Bernstein, he couldn’t stop smiling. “Thank you so much!” he said, beaming. The English at Work course grew out of a partnership among the private nonprofit Vermont Adult Learning, the Community College of Vermont

and the Working Bridges Employer Collaborative. Launched 10 years ago by the United Way of Northwest Vermont, Working Bridges is a strategic network of employers concerned about the retention, advancement and financial well-being of employees who have low-to-moderate wage jobs. According to director Lisa Falcone, it aims to help primarily workers who face generational poverty. In recent years, though, participating employers have identified another prominent concern: limited English proficiency among their foreign-born employees. “It’s an issue about safety at workplaces, [and] it’s an issue about the ability for people to culturally build a united workforce,” Falcone explained. “It’s an issue about: How can we move people forward [in] the workplace?” As Vermont’s workforce population shrinks, local manufacturers are

increasingly dependent on foreign-born employees. “The only growth is around refugee resettlement,” Falcone said. Since 1980, the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program has received more than 8,000 people, according to program coordinator Matt Thompson. Most have settled and found jobs in Chittenden County. But, in the past few years, employers from farther afield — Franklin and Lamoille counties — have hired refugees, too, he noted. Although numerous English classes exist for refugees and immigrants, the reality is that many adults are unable to attend because they’re working. Rhino Foods employee Vincent Kabengele is one of them. The former electrical engineer from the Democratic Republic of Congo attended classes for just two weeks at the Sara Holbrook Community Center in Burlington. “[I was] very tired. It wasn’t easy for me,” Kabengele said. Although he

hopes to return to the engineering field, he faces a formidable challenge. “No English — it’s difficult,” he pointed out. “I go to work after three months,” said Dzevad Krestalica, who arrived in Vermont in 2000 from Bosnia and has been working at Rhino Foods ever since. Another Bosnian employee, Sabina Sahmanovic, said she picked up English by watching television. But the most effective way to learn it, she added, was through interaction with her coworkers. When Working Bridges staff decided to offer a pilot English course, they thought it would be most effective to do so in the workplace. “Bringing classes to [a] worksite is head and shoulders above sending someone, after work, to a local church to go to English classes,” Falcone noted. One advantage: Students wouldn’t have to worry about arranging for childcare and transportation, she explained. So, in March 2016, the United Way and CCV funded a course at Twincraft in Winooski. In it, an adult-learning instructor taught 11 employees conversational English for use in the workplace. Less than a year later, funding from the Vermont Department of Labor allowed more Twincraft employees to take the course and made possible the similar course at Rhino Foods. The English at Work program is not Rhino’s first attempt to offer language support to its employees, said human resource generalist Lorri Miller. The company employs 120 people, a quarter of whom are former refugees. A few years ago, Rhino invested in Rosetta Stone language education software. There was a “good response at the beginning,” Miller noted. But that enthusiasm fizzled out; employees didn’t want to burden their coworkers by leaving the production line in order to log on to the program. Even when employees could use it at home, the response was tepid. Offering an 18-week English at Work course costs about $9,000, most of which covers the instructor’s fee. But Twincraft and Rhino Foods are also making an investment. Workers either get paid overtime or spend the last couple of hours of their shift in class. This practice underscores the

companies’ commitment to the professional development of their employees, said Falcone. “This is not just about a social service program,” she stressed. “Our whole model is based on [the fact that] it’s good for business.” Twincraft plant manager Zach Parker admitted that some employees grumbled about the benefits that their foreign-born coworkers received. But management has been resolute about providing language support. Michele Asch, vice president of leadership and organizational development, has a simple message for detractors: “Diversity is our strength. You don’t have to agree. You don’t have to stay, either.” To prepare class materials, Vermont Adult Learning instructor Bernstein visited both Twincraft and Rhino Foods several times to familiarize himself with employees’ responsibilities. He also met with supervisors to discuss their expectations and to customize the curriculum. At Twincraft, Bernstein taught students how to call in sick, what to do when they wanted to take a vacation, how to report an accident, how to ask for help and how to ask someone to repeat

a question. He also gave them small-talk topics to practice with coworkers. For example, in the days just before the Super Bowl in January, Parker said he was surprised when his Nepali coworkers asked if he thought the New England Patriots were going to win. “Are you a football fan?” Parker asked them. “No, [the] teacher told us to ask you,” was one reply.

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For the more advanced students at Rhino, Bernstein focused classes on grammar, including verb tenses, pronouns and possessive nouns. Students wrote in dialogue diaries about topics of interest such as sports and their families,

and Bernstein responded with follow-up questions. After 18 weeks, the results were tangible. “I think, overall, the classes have been great for the students,” wrote Mike Bolduc, a maintenance technician at Twincraft, in a written testimonial to Parker. “They’ve learned a lot and grown a lot, and they seem happier ... because they can actually have a simple conversation such as, ‘Hey, how are you? How was your weekend?’” Bolduc added. Parker also noted that, after the first class in the course, two employees were promoted. Until he joined Rhino Foods about nine months ago, Pawan Parajuli hardly spoke English at all. But, after participating in Bernstein’s class, Parajuli said, “Now, I’m good. I understand everybody.” Other Rhino Foods students said they now practice speaking English with their children. With increased language proficiency comes the possibility that employees may seek career advancement elsewhere, admitted Asch, the Twincraft vice president. “But that’s not something [that gets] in the way of us wanting to offer this program,” she said. “Part of

being a responsible and good employer is to know [that] you’re going to lose some people as they gain more skills.” The success of the English at Work program has prompted Vermont Adult Learning and VRRP to work even more closely in recent months. The refugee resettlement agency offers its own English language classes. In order not to duplicate efforts, VRRP will serve the hospitality industry, while Vermont Adult Learning will continue its work in the manufacturing sector. Meanwhile, both Rhino Foods and Twincraft are eager to continue offering English at Work courses to employees, who are keen to learn more. There may be opportunities for employees to enroll in more advanced classes to become certified production technicians. For his part, Bernstein told his students at Rhino Foods that teaching them was the “best job” he’s had. “I’m always so happy to be here,” he said. “It was so enjoyable.” !

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this production’s strongest moments is the finale that blends five of the tunes and all of the stories’ outcomes. Tavcar uses space like a champion, setting all the characters in motion on two stage levels. Lisa Jablow leads a seven-instrument chamber ensemble playing above the stage, facing the audience. Lyrics are tough to hear in this production due to the placement of the musicians, the vocal limitations of some performers and the staging that aims voices in multiple directions. Some nuances are lost, but the spirit of the show comes through. Nick Wheeler, as the Baker, gives the production enormous warmth. His vocal power is wonderful in its own right, and he’s a singer who knows how to let emotion overwhelm him a bit as he dramatizes the story in a song. Carolyn Wesley, playing the Baker’s Wife, is equally adept at singing and mining the comedy in her character. She’s a fountain of rich comic takes who also hits the darker, dramatic notes.

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labyrinthine plot never gives the viewer time to form strong connections to any character, and Sondheim’s score is filled with melodic phrases that seem to succeed one another before each has really flourished. For all its virtuosity, the score has a pesky quality, repeating that “into the woods” phrase like a ruler across our knuckles lest our attention wander. And, with at least one change in tempo or key in every song, the music is both dazzling and demanding. Still, the concept is stunning. Act 2 picks up where happily ever after leaves off. If the first act’s wishes were about growing up, the second’s problems are about being an adult. This time, going into the woods means facing up to troubles without easy solutions. The themes are richer, and Sondheim saves most of the best numbers for last. In “No One Is Alone,” the powerful pre-finale song, four characters face the fear of life without a parent to guide them. Up to this point, Sondheim has filled the margins of the story with cynical wit, but here he unleashes a stirring and hopeful testament to community and generational continuity. This production gathers force while planting that sweet seed of optimism. Sondheim’s musical construction relies on a sparkling simultaneity, with multiple emotions gushing out at the same time as he weaves vocal lines of contrasting melodies. One of

Aaron Aubrey plays Prince Charming with wonderfully offhand conceit. G. Richard Ames moves with lithe energy, bringing a dancer’s poise to Rapunzel’s Prince. Their duet in “Agony” is a show highlight; after extolling romantic torment in Act 1, they reprise the number to glorify philandering in Act 2. Cinderella (Samantha Gunn) stays unflustered when Prince Charming pursues her, taking stock instead of swooning. Her stepsisters (Miranda Morgan Scott, Kira Johnson) cleverly underplay their villainy, while her stepmother (Maggie York) is a cool, collected tyrant. Jacob Minter is boyish and impulsive as Jack, but Brooke Mayberry steals a lot of his scenes. She plays his best friend, the cow Milky White, with an animal’s straightforward intensity and some marvelous bovine sprawls upon the ground. Karli Robertson develops Little Red Riding Hood into a plucky powerhouse. As the Witch, Kathleen Keenan particularly shines in her final number, “The Last Midnight,” a despairing look at what happens when wishing stops. Designer Mark Evancho’s set is an effective, understated open stage and a back wall spanned by a second level that’s fronted by stylized trees. Evancho supplies the forest’s mystery through lighting, while Will Davis’ sound design hints at what hides there. Emily Reynolds’ costumes embody each character’s archetype. The musical’s unifying theme is the relationship between parents and children, exaggerated to silliness in Act 1 and sorrow in Act 2. Interlocking the stories gives simple problems the illusion of complexity. Ultimately, keeping track of the plot is like trying to count the tosses a juggler makes. But if the storytelling is overgrown, the forest remains a wellmanicured mirror of the psyche, and the musical’s overall vision is delightful. !

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narrator says the magic words “once upon a time” and snaps his fingers, sending two dozen fairy-tale characters on quests in a musical that explores what happens before and after happily ever after. In Lost Nation Theater’s production of Into the Woods, a seasoned cast emphasizes the laughter and warmth of the 1988 Tony Award winner. Stephen Sondheim’s music and lyrics and James Lapine’s book use classic fairy tales to exemplify essential longings, adding a modern dose of irony and a playful spin on structure. The plot is crammed with obstacles, but they operate like pinball bumpers — what’s interesting is the constant change in fortune, not the problems themselves. The villains, from vengeful giants to hungry wolves to nasty stepmothers, descend from the Brothers Grimm, as do the heroes. Lapine creates a fable of his own to anchor the story. A Baker and his Wife discover they’ve been cursed with childlessness by their neighbor, the Witch. In exchange for four items, the Witch offers to lift the curse. What the couple must collect are the signature tokens from four fairy tales, so they set off and find themselves crossing paths with Cinderella, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel and Jack of beanstalk fame. Plunging into the woods, a host of major and minor fairy tale characters come to life. Sondheim produces a lovely sonic blur of desire in the blockbuster Prologue with nonstop segues through a dozen melodies to introduce them all, each brandishing a dream that begins, “I wish.” Staging the action for 20 actors and five braided plotlines in Lost Nation’s small, three-quarter-round space is a challenge, but director Tim Tavcar and choreographer Taryn Noelle establish a buoyant pace in an exuberant production. Tavcar’s blocking doesn’t always clarify the story — such as who dies and when — but he marshals big-cast movement with aplomb. For all its charms, the musical is needlessly overstuffed. Lapine’s

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illiam Seward Webb and Lila Vanderbilt Webb founded their grand private estate on Lake Champlain in Shelburne in the 1880s. Their home and farmland came to encompass 3,800 acres. Prominent landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted was hired to conceive the landscaping and gardens. Architect Robert H. Robertson designed a collection of spectacular buildings. What we now know as Shelburne Farms — a public nonprofit devoted to sustainable agriculture and environmental education — has a rich history, indeed. It also boasts a killer grilled-cheese sandwich — for five bucks. The sandwich beckons at the end of a 15-minute walk (or shorter tractor-powered wagon ride) from the Welcome Center to the Farm Barn, a glorious structure that houses a school, a woodworking shop, offices, animals, a bakery and more. In the grassy courtyard, hens grub and kids play. At one end of the green stands a food cart that’s open daily for farm-fresh lunch. A feature of the Farm Barn since 2007, the Farm Cart offers sandwiches, salads and soups made mostly from ingredients produced at the farm. (A chalkboard list of items that help farmers grow the food includes earthworms, cow compost and rain.) As you eat your grilledcheese sandwich, you can almost see the cheesemakers and bread bakers at work. The sandwich is exquisite in its simplicity: cheddar cheese on sesame-wheat bread, grilled with butter. The cheese is produced from the raw milk of Brown Swiss cows that graze on the farm. The bread is made at nearby O Bread Bakery, which this year marks 40 years of making handcrafted organic bread in a former blacksmith shop. For the grilled cheese, the bread is a toasty golden brown, crispy but with a slight softness from the hot butter. The cheese is melted but not oozy, staying within the confines of the sandwich. That’s easy to do, given the size of the bread slices — more than seven inches across at their widest. Cut in half, each piece of the sandwich is not much smaller than a regular-size grilled cheese. In other words, for $5 you get almost two sandwiches. Along with our sandwiches, we ordered a garden salad ($6) from the specials board on a May afternoon. The ingredients — greens, beets, radishes, turnips, spring onions, asparagus — were harvested hours earlier from the farm’s Market Garden. Arrayed in shades

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hungry farmer, he usually opts for another item on the menu. “The burger is a little more enticing to me,” he conceded. “I can whip up a grilled cheese, but they’ll cook up a better burger than I can.” ! Contact: sally@sevendaysvt.com

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f you’ve ever been out late at night in Montréal, you’ve probably plunged a fork into a plate of crispy French fries dappled with squeaky curds and smothered in silken brown gravy. Some of the curds may have melted enough to twirl around your fork. Maybe they were laced with pulled pork or hunks of brisket or some other savory addition, like plates you’ll find at restaurants in Burlington — or in Boston, New York City, Detroit or Denver. At this point, poutine — a comforting, booze-absorbing antidote to nighttime overindulgence — is pretty much everywhere. Sometimes it’s a stellar rainy-day lunch. That wasn’t always so. When some unidentified Québécois cook invented the dish — in the late 1950s, somewhere between Montréal and Québec City in the region of Centre-du-Québec — poutine

was an unclassy snack. Short-order cooks served it at bars, diners, rural ice arenas and other blue-collar outposts. It was rare outside of those areas, where many French-speaking Canadians lived in somewhat ghettoized isolation on the margins of greater Canadian society. Along with Québécois culture at large, the dish was mocked by AngloCanadians as lowbrow, lesser, unhealthy and degenerate. Nicolas Fabien-Ouellet, a University of Vermont food systems graduate student, recalls that poutine was banned from his high school when he was growing up. According to FabienOuellet’s research, summarized in a paper called “Poutine Dynamics,” the dish became a junk-food emblem of the francophone backwardness endemic to northeastern Canada. But, by the late 1990s, poutine began popping up in hip restaurants in urban

locales, where chefs embellished it with foie gras, lobster and other high-end ingredients. Its appeal broadened to English-speaking Canadians and then to Americans and consumers around the globe. In 2016, president Barack Obama’s chefs served a version of the dish at a state dinner for Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. Fabien-Ouellet’s paper delineates poutine’s path from such plebeian beginnings to the White House. He examines how, along the way, the dish acquired new social capital, evolving from a source of anti-Québécois stigma to a celebrated “Canadian” specialty. He also points out, in no uncertain terms, that the “Canadization of poutine,” as he calls it, amounts to cultural appropriation. When the world praises a once-stigmatized, distinctly Québécois food item as an aspect of “Canadian food

culture, expression and … national identity,” Fabien-Ouellet argues, it does so “at the expense of the Québécois minority.” Last week, he presented his work at the Congress of the Humanities and Social Sciences in Toronto — and Canadian and American national press outlets, including the Huffington Post, stuck their forks into the debate. Via phone, Fabien-Ouellet took a few minutes to field questions on the dynamics surrounding poutine — social, historical, culinary and otherwise — from Seven Days. SEVEN DAYS: What made you think of studying poutine as a means of cultural appropriation and assimilation? NICOLAS FABIEN-OUELLET: When I came to UVM, people in Vermont — knowing I was from Montréal — were always asking me about poutine. Many

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[CONTINUED] vehicle except vehicles with a valid resident parking permit or a valid guest pass and clearly identifiable service or delivery vehicles on any street designated as “residential parking.”: (a)-(b) As written. (c) Streets designated for residential parking from 12:00 a.m. to 6:00 [p.m.]a.m. include: (1) [(Reserved)] South Willard Street from Cliff Street to Howard Street. (2) South Prospect Street from Cliff Street to Henderson Terrace. (d)-(h) As written. *Adopted this 10th day of September, 2008

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Management, Inc. If granted, the variance would eliminate the requirement for BATS & All Cycle to collect food waste at the facility located on 1496 Redmond Road and at 220 Avenue B in Williston, VT by July 1, 2017. This Variance Request has a public comment period lasting fifteen (15) days from the date of the latest newspaper publication. Based on this duration and the publication dates, the public comment period ends on June 15, 2017. At the conclusion of the comment period a final Certification will be issued without convening a public informational meeting; unless a written request for said meeting and extension of the public comment period, signed by 25 residents of the municipality wherein the facility is located, is received by the Secretary within the 15 day public comment period. The variance request is available for review at the Williston Town Clerks Office and at the SWMP office at 1 National Life Drive Davis 1, Montpelier, Vermont, between 8:00

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Statement of purpose: This amendment is proposed to the Burlington CDO as follows:

Dennis Fekert (dennis. fekert@vermont.gov) Waste Management Program 1 National Life Drive Davis 1 Montpelier, Vermont 05620-3704 Phone: (802) 522-0195 PUBLIC HEARING NOTICE BURLINGTON COMPREHENSIVE DEVELOPMENT ORDINANCE ZA-17-14 PRESCHOOL TECHNICAL AMENDMENTS ZA-17-15 ARTICLE 4 DEVELOPMENT BONUSES Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. §4441 and §4444, notice is hereby given of a public hearing by the Burlington Planning Commission to hear comments on the following proposed amendments to the City of Burlington’s Comprehensive Development Ordinance (CDO). The public hearing will take place on Tuesday, June 27, 2017 beginning at 6:45pm in Conference Room 12, City Hall,149 Church Street, Burlington, VT.

maximum allowable bonuses for properties in residential zones. This amendment also removes the requirement that a residential use created through the adaptive reuse and residential conversion bonuses be conforming to the underlying zoning district, due to the inconsistency this creates in low-density residential districts. Finally, this amendment corrects a footnote which applies a setback to properties in the NAC, NMU, and NACR zones when abutting residential uses, but not to the NAC-CR.

• ZA-17-14: The purpose of this proposed amendment is to correct two gaps in the CDO regarding preschools by adding standards for use for the NAC-CR zoning district to Appendix A-Use Table, and adding minimum off-street parking requirements to Table 8.1.8-1. • ZA-17-15: The purpose of this proposed amendment is to address duplicity and contradictions between Article 4 and Article 9 regarding development bonuses in neighborhood mixed use and residential zoning districts. In particular, this amendment clarifies the maximum cumulative development bonus allowable for properties in neighborhood mixed use zones by retaining an additional 0.5 FAR bonus, but eliminating a 10 ft height bonus, when providing an additional 5% inclusionary housing over what is required in Article 9. Additionally, this amendment clarifies that development bonuses may be cumulative up to, but not to exceed, the

Geographic areas affected: the proposed amendments are applicable to the following areas in the City of Burlington: • ZA-17-14: The first part of this amendment applies to the areas of the City zoned NAC-Cambrian Rise, and the second part of this amendment applies to all Neighborhood, Shared Use and Downtown Parking Districts in which preschools are a permitted use. • ZA-17-15: This amendment applies to all areas of the City within residential and neighbor-

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REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS: SITEWORK, EXCAVATION, PAVING, AND COURTCONSTRUCTION AT ROOSEVELT PARK AND APPLETREE PARK This Bid request invites responses from experienced professional site-work contractors to assist the City of Burlington Department of Parks, Recreation & Waterfront with the replacement of Basketball and Tennis Courts at Roosevelt Park and Appletree Park. Submit questions concerning this RFP via email per the schedule outlined below.

List of section headings affected: • ZA-17-14: This amendment adds preschools as a permitted use within Appendix A- Use Table for the NAC-CR district, and adds parking standards for preschools within Table 8.1.8-1 Minimum Off Street Parking Requirements. • ZA-17-15: This amendment modifies Table 4.4.2-1; and amends text in Sec.4.4.2.(d)3.A. Inclusionary Housing, Sec 4.4.5.(d)7.C. Adaptive Reuse Bonus, Sec 4.4.5.(d)7.D. Residential Conversion Bonus, and Sec 4.4.5.(d)7.E. Limitations on Residential Development Bonuses.

Complete information go to https://enjoyburlington.com/opportunities/ requests-for-proposals/

The full text of the Burlington Comprehensive Development Ordinance and the proposed amendment is available for review at the Department of Planning and Zoning, City Hall, 149 Church Street, Burlington Monday through Friday 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. or on the department’s website at www. burlingtonvt.gov/pz.

· RFP Issue date: Friday, June 2, 2017 at 8:00 AM · Mandatory site visits: Friday, June 9, 2017 at 10 AM (meet at Roosevelt Basketball Courts, we will travel to Appletree after the Roosevelt site visit concludes) · Questions due: Wednesday, June 14, 2017 by 4:00 PM · Proposals due: Wednesday, June 28, 2017 by 4:30 PM · Contract signing July, 12 2017 · Project completion No

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later than October 31, 2017 Inquiries/submissions to: Max Madalinski, Associate Parks Project Coordinator Burlington Parks, Recreation & Waterfront 645 Pine Street, Suite B, Burlington, VT 05401 mmadalinski@burlingtonvt.gov STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 488-5-17 CNCV IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF HAROLD & CONNIE FLEMING NOTICE OF HEARING A hearing on CDI’s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned and uninhabitable the mobile home of Harold & Connie Fleming located at 28 Avenue B, at the mobile home park located on North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont formerly known as Farrington’s Mobile Home Park has been set for June 15, 2017 at 11:00 a.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, 175 Main Street,

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WHEREFORE, the Park Owner respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home has been abandoned; 2. Transfer the mobile home which is unfit for human habitation to the Park owner CDI without a public auction so that it may be removed and disposed of accordingly. 3. Order pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(j) that the mobile home and any security deposit paid be conveyed to the Park Owner in “as is” condition, and free from all liens and other encumbrances of record. DATED AT Burlington, Vermont this 11th day of May, 2017. By: Nadine L. Scibek Attorney for CDI DATED at Burlington, Vermont this 11th day of May, 2017. By: JEREMIAH WARD Duly Authorized Agent for CDI VERIFICATION STATE OF VERMONT CHITTENDEN COUNTY, SS. At Burlington on this 11th day of May, 2017, Jeremiah Ward, Duly Authorized Agent of CDI Development Fund, Inc., owner of the mobile home park located on North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont formerly known as Farrington’s

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NOW COMES CDI Development Fund, Inc. (“CDI”), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. § 6249(i) as follows: 1. CDI, a foreign nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Shelburne Falls, Massachusetts is the record owner of a mobile home park located on North Avenue in Burlington, Vermont. This Park is formerly known as Farrington’s Mobile Home Park (the “Park”). CDI purchased the Park in November, 2015. 2. Harold & Connie Fleming (“Flemings”) are the record owners of a certain mobile home, described as a 1989 Champion Titan mobile home, 14 x 56, bearing serial number 19-9344-6152 (the “Mobile Home”), located on 28 Avenue B at the North Avenue Co-op in Burlington, Vermont according to the City of Burlington Land Records. 3. Flemings leased a lot in the Park for their mobile home pursuant to a written lease. 4. Flemings’ currently reside at 186 Woodlawn Road, Burlington, Vermont 05408. 5. The mobile home has been abandoned since at least January, 2017. The home is empty. The last known resident of the mobile home was Nixon Fleming, son of the Flemings. The Flemings had purchased the home for their disabled adult son to live in. He has since moved out and into subsidized housing. No efforts or attempts have been made to remove the home from the Park. 6. CDI’s counsel has been in contact with Harold Fleming who reported that his son was supposed to pay the lot rent, did not take care of the home, it is in very poor shape and there are substantial back property taxes owed to the City of Burlington. He also advised that he does not want the home. 7. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: a. Through May, 2017, Owners Fleming are in arrears on obligations to pay property taxes to the City of Burlington, Ver-

mont in the aggregate amount of $20,586.08, plus any additional interest/penalties. The delinquent property taxes are now a lien on the property. b. Vermont Department of Taxes, 133 State Street, Montpelier, Vermont 05633. 8. Mobile home storage fees continue to accrue at the rate of $385.00 per month. Lot rent in the amount of $2,730.00 is currently owed to CDI. Court costs and attorney’s fees incurred by the Park exceed $500.00. 9. The Park sent written notice by certified mail to the City of Burlington on March 31, 2017 of its intent to commence this abandonment action. See attached. 10. The mobile home is uninhabitable. Jay Leclair, Duly Authorized Agent for the Park, will testify under oath as to the poor and unlivable condition of this mobile home at the abandonment hearing.

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Mobile Home Park being first duly sworn, made oath that he has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts contained therein are true. Before me, Nadine L. Scibek, Notary Public My Commission Expires: 2/10/19 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT CIVIL DIVISION DOCKET NO. 489-5-17 CNCV IN RE: ABANDONED MOBILE HOME OF CARL DEGRAFF NOTICE OF HEARING A hearing on The Housing Foundation, Inc.â&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Verified Complaint to declare as abandoned and uninhabitable the mobile home of Carl DeGraff located at the Windemere Mobile Home Park, Lot #76, 86 Camels Hump Road in Colchester, Vermont has been set for June 15, 2017 at 11:30 a.m. at the Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Civil Division, located at 175 Main Street in Burlington, Vermont.

VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR ABANDONMENT PURSUANT TO 10 V.S.A. Â§ 6249(i) (Uninhabitable) NOW COMES The Housing Foundation, Inc. (â&#x20AC;&#x153;HFIâ&#x20AC;?), by and through its counsel Nadine L. Scibek, and hereby complains pursuant to 10 V.S.A. Â§ 6249(i) as follows: 1. HFI, a Vermont nonprofit corporation with a principal place of business in Montpelier, County of Washington, State of Vermont, is the record owner of a mobile home park known as the Windemere Mobile Home Park (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Parkâ&#x20AC;?), located in the town of Colchester, Vermont. 2. Carl DeGraff (â&#x20AC;&#x153;DeGraffâ&#x20AC;?) is the record owner of a certain mobile home, described as a 1978 Liberty Ft. L.R., 12â&#x20AC;&#x2122; x 48â&#x20AC;&#x2122; bearing serial number 2914 (the â&#x20AC;&#x153;Mobile Homeâ&#x20AC;?) located at the Windemere Mobile Home Park, Lot #76, 86 Camels Hump Road in Colchester, Vermont according to the Colchester Land Records. 3. DeGraff leased the lot in the Park from HFI pursuant to a written lease. 4. DeGraffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s last known mailing address is 101 College Street, #302 in Burlington, Vermont. 5. The mobile home has been abandoned. The home is empty. The last known resident of

the mobile home was 5/8/17 10:18 AM DeGraff. His wife, Betty DeGraff is deceased. All of DeGraffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s personal property is believed to have been removed from the mobile home and utility services have been terminated. 6. In November, 2016 Owner DeGraff sent a letter to HFI stating that he wanted to give his mobile home to HFI as he could no longer maintain it. Owner DeGraff has made no effort or attempts to remove the home from the Park. HFIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counsel has attempted to communicate with DeGraff in writing. DeGraff did call HFIâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s counsel and confirmed that he does not want this mobile home. 7. The following security interests, mortgages, liens and encumbrances appear of record with respect to the mobile home: a. DeGraff is in arrears on obligations to pay property taxes to the Town of Colchester, Vermont in the aggregate amount of $2,417.99, plus additional interest and penalties. The delinquent property taxes are now a lien on the property. 8. Mobile home storage fees continue to accrue at the rate of $407.00 per month. Rent, storage fees, and late charges due HFI as of May 12, 2017 total $2,840.00. Attorneyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s fees incurred by HFI as of May 12, 2017 exceed $500.00. 9. HFI sent written notice by certified mail to the Town of Colchester on March 20, 2017 of Plaintiffâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s intent to com-

mence this action. 10. The mobile home is uninhabitable. Doreen Phillips, Property Manager, will testify under oath as to the poor and unlivable condition of this mobile home at the abandonment hearing. WHEREFORE, HFI respectfully requests that the Honorable Court enter an order as follows: 1. Declare that the mobile home as been abandoned; 2. Transfer the mobile home which is unfit for human habitation to the Park owner, HFI without a public auction so that it may be removed and disposed of accordingly. 3. Order pursuant to 10 V.S.A. Â§ 6249(j) that the mobile home and any security deposit paid be conveyed to the Park Owner in â&#x20AC;&#x153;as isâ&#x20AC;? condition, and free from all liens and other encumbrances of record. DATED AT Burlington, Vermont this 16th day of May, 2017. By: Nadine L. Scibek, Esq. Attorney for The Housing Foundation, Inc. DATED at Montpelier, Vermont this 12th day of May, 2017. By: Doreen Phillips, Duly Authorized Agent The Housing Foundation, Inc. VERIFICATION STATE OF VERMONT WASHINGTON COUNTY,

SS. At Montpelier, Vermont on this 12th day of May, 2017, Doreen Phillips, duly authorized agent of The Housing Foundation, Inc., owner of the Windemere Mobile Home Park in Colchester, Vermont, being first duly sworn, made oath that she has read the foregoing Complaint, and that the facts contained therein are true. Before me, Deborah L. Lussier, Notary Public My Commission Expires: 2/10/19 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 593-5-17CNPR In re estate of David L. Kost. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of David L. Kost late of Burlington, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the four (4) month period. Date: 5/22/2017 /s/ Maury Kost

Signature of Fiduciary Maury K. Kost Executor/Administrator: 26 Eastman Farm Road Burlington, VT 05408 802-862-7607 Name of publication Seven Days Publication Dates: 5/31/2017 6/7/2017 Name and Address of Probate Court: Chittenden Unit- Probate Court 175 Main Street Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 661-5-17CNPR In re estate of Cynthia J. Devlin White. NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Cynthia J. Devlin White late of Shelburne, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not presented within the

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Name and Address of Court: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Probate Division P.O. Box 511 Burlington, VT 05402 STATE OF VERMONT SUPERIOR COURT CHITTENDEN UNIT PROBATE DIVISION DOCKET NO. 701-5-17CNPR In re estate of Lucille Y. Barnier NOTICE TO CREDITORS To the creditors of Lucille Y. Barnier late of Burlington, VT. I have been appointed to administer this estate. All creditors having claims against the decedent or the estate must present their claims in writing within four (4) months of the first publication of this notice. The claim must be presented to me at the address listed below with a copy sent to the court. The claim may be barred forever if it is not

Name and Address of Court: Vermont Superior Court, Chittenden Unit, Probate Division 175 Main Street Burlington, VT 05401 TOWN OF WESTFORD DEVELOPMENT REVIEW BOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Pursuant to 24 V.S.A. Chapter 117 and the Westford Land Use & Development Regulations, the Development Review Board will hold a public hearing at the Town Offices, VT Route 128, at 7:15 pm on Monday, June 26, 2017 in reference to the following: Final Plat Public Hearing for a 2-Lot Subdivision â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Ronald Perry Property (+/-169 acres on the west side of VT Route 128) on VT Route 128 in the Rural 5 (R5), Rural 10 (R10), Water Resources Overlay (WRO) and Flood Hazard Overlay (FHO) zoning districts. The applicant is proposing 2 lots. Lot 1

Location Where Full Text May be Examined: Copies of the full text of the proposed amendment to the Westford Land Use & Development Regulations are available at the Westford Town Office, 1713 VT Route 128, Westford, Vermont or may be viewed on the Town of Westford website at www.westfordvt.us. Dated at Westford, Vermont this 7th day of June. Casey Mathieu, Westford Selectboard Chair

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Purpose: The Town of Westford is proposing to amend the Westford Land Use & Development Regulations for the following purposes: 1) To correct and clarify certain spelling, grammatical and punctuation errors that appeared in the first draft

Summary of Changes to the Westford Land Use & Development Regulations: Section 112 (Agriculture and Silviculture), clarify agriculture requirements; Section 202.B (Water Resources Overlay), gave administrative officer more discretion; Section 203.C (Interpretation of District Boundaries), corrected typographical error; Section 213.A (Common District-Permitted Uses) clarified regulation; Section 223.A (Village DistrictPermitted Uses), clarified regulation; Section 233.A (Rural 3 DistrictPermitted Uses), clarified regulation; Section 243.A (Rural 5 DistrictPermitted Uses), clarified regulation; Section 251.A (Rural 10 District-Purpose), clarified regulation; Section 253.A (Rural 10 DistrictPermitted Uses) clarified regulations; Section 262.B (Form Based Code Overlay-Applicability), corrected typographi-

The public hearing has been rescheduled for: Thursday, July 27, 2017 at 7:00 p.m. at the Westford Town Office, 1713 VT Route 128, Westford, Vermont.

Geographic Area Affected: Entire Town.

WESTFORD SELECTBOARD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING - RESCHEDULED The Westford Selectboard hereby provides notice of a public hearing being held pursuant to Title 24, Sections 4384 & 4444 of the Vermont State Statues for the purpose of hearing public comments concerning: Proposed amendments to the Westford Land Use & Development Regulations.

and Construction Standards), clarified road construction standards; Section 321.D (5) (Roads Serving New Development-Compatibility with Anticipated Traffic and Use), corrected typographical error; Section 321.D (7) (Roads Serving New DevelopmentIntersections), clarified regulation; Section 321.D (11) (Roads Serving New DevelopmentEmergency Vehicle Turnouts), clarified regulation; Section 328 (Water and Wastewater Systems), corrected typographical error; Section 418.A (Certificate of Occupancy), clarified regulation; Section 421.A (1) (Site Plan Review-Applicability) clarified regulation; Section 421.A (3) and (4) (Site Plan ReviewApplicability), corrected typographical errors; Section 433.A (2) (Deferred ApprovalApplicability), removed limitation on subdivision of deferred lot; Section 454.C (Enforcement Procedures-Action), corrected typographical error; Section 511.A (2) (Definitions-Accessory Structure) clarified regulation; Section 511.P (13) (Definitions-Private Road) clarified regulation; Section 511.P (14) (Definitions-Productive Agriculture Land) clarified regulation; Section 511.R (12) (DefinitionsRoads), eliminated driveway from definition of roads; Section 511.S (18) (Definitions-Structure, Accessory) clarified

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cal error; Section 263.B (Planning and Design Standards-Building Form), corrected typographical error; Section 263.E (Planning and Design Standards-Design), corrected typographical error; Figure 7 (Transect Zone Summary Table), corrected typographical error; Section 282.A (Flood Hazard Overlay District-State and Federal Law), corrected typographical error; Section 283.A (Flood Hazard Overlay DistrictExempt Uses), clarified regulation; Section 288.A (Flood Hazard Overlay District-Application Requirements), corrected typographical error; Section 311.D (Basic Subdivision Design) corrected typographical error; Section 311.E (Basic Subdivision Design), eliminated need for building envelope; Section 311.F (Basic Subdivision Design), clarified need for DRB approval for future development of deferred lots; Section 314.I (Planned Unit Development-Common Outdoor Space), clarified regulation; Section 321.C (10) (Vehicular Access-Pre-Existing Driveways), gave DRB discretion to require driveway improvements; Section 321.C (11) (Vehicular AccessRights-of-Way), established rights of way for roads and driveways; Section 321.D (Roads Serving New Development), clarified regulation; Section 321.D (3) (Roads Serving New Development- Design

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of the new regulations; 2) To clarify the driveway and road standards; 3) To clarify when and under what circumstances lots in a subdivision may be identified and considered as ‘deferred lots’; 4) To clarify the applicability of the regulations to agriculture and silvicultural purposes.

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Curtis Lumber Company is looking for an experienced Sales person to fill an Inside Contractor Sales position at our Williston, VT location. The ideal candidate would: Possess strong communication skills – adaptable to fluidly solve unique needs of every customer. • • •

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CASE MANAGEMENT CCS is seeking a Service Coordinator with strong clinical and organizational skills to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will enjoy working in a fast-paced, team-oriented position and have demonstrated leadership. This is an excellent opportunity to join a distinguished developmental service provider agency during a time of growth. Send your cover letter and application to Elizabeth Sightler, esightler@ ccs-vt.org.

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COMMUNITY INCLUSION FACILITATORS Provide one on one inclusion supports to help individuals lead fulfilling lives, reach their goals and be productive members of their community. We currently have several positions with comprehensive benefit packages. Send your application and cover letter to staff@ccs-vt.org.

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Bertek Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of IMS (Identification Multi Solutions Inc.) with headquarters in Montreal, is an established Vermont printing company located at 133 Bryce Blvd., Fairfax, VT. We are looking for an experienced HP Digital Press Operator familiar with the production of custom labels. Must know 4 color processing printing and have a strong math, computer and mechanical skills.

Primary responsibility is to develop accurate, competitive, and profitable cost estimates on routine and complex label and card jobs as required by our customer’s request. Estimator will be required to stay current with materials available in the market and implement into cost saving estimates. Estimator will be required to consult with appropriate department managers to determine production capabilities and optimal production processes for implementation into estimate. Knowledge of sheet-fed and continuous-web press manufacturing processes desired. Knowledge of LabelTraxx MIS/ERP Program very desirable.

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PROJECT MANAGER/ ESTIMATOR. Individuals should be knowledgeable and capable of scheduling, estimating, purchasing, managing subcontracts, and field and office engineering. Minimum 5 year’s experience in Commercial Project Management and Estimating for projects ranging from $250,000 - $5,000,000. Join a fast growing, innovative and dynamic team in our new Waterbury Center offices. Competitive pay and generous employee packages. 802-497-2827, info@compassvt.com COMPASS CONSTRUCTION IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER. WOMEN AND MINORITIES ENCOURAGED TO APPLY.

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Chef/Food Service Manager Chef/Food Service Manager for a K-4 elementary school in Jericho. This a full-time school year position. Experience in all aspects of running a scratch cooked school food service program is helpful, but passion for serving local healthy creative food is preferred. Please apply on schoolspring.com for the opportunity to work with a great school and great schedule. Questions contact david.horner@cesuvt.org.

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Responsible for all facets of the Norwich University Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) program which cares for the mental health needs of the university student body, including day-to-day operations and functions. Additionally, the Director coordinates wellness programming to support the students’ resiliency to persist through challenges. S/he will supervise several Mental Health Counselors.

COMMANDANT OF CADETS The Commandant of Cadets is responsible for the leadership training, character development, administration, housing, morale, welfare, good order and discipline of the Corps of Cadets (NUCC). The Commandant establishes policies, rules and regulations, and operating procedures for efficient and effective operations. S/he is responsible for the strategic vision and execution of the NUCC mission preparing graduating cadets to depart Norwich with the character, competence, and commitment to build and lead resilient teams that thrive in complex global environments. In addition, s/he is responsible for the implementation of an honorable living program that develops character and modifies behavior over the course of the four-year cadet experience.

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Seeking applications for a dynamic team that supports the psychological and personal wellness of the University’s student body. The Mental Health Counselor attends to the psychological and personal wellness needs of the student body by conducting regular office hours; completing intake assessments; maintaining an active caseload of individual therapy, including diagnosis and case management; making referrals to appropriate community agencies or providers; and providing crisis intervention on a rotating week on-call basis (to include weekends); responding to mental health disasters, after hours, as necessary; and offering at least one group therapy experience per academic year based on overall need.

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WATER RESOURCES STAFF SCIENTIST We are seeking a talented, detail-oriented individual with a background in the physical sciences for a full-time, permanent staff-level position in our Water Resources Management service to support our ongoing applied water resources research activities and stormwater management projects. All Candidates MUST have a Master’s degree or higher in the physical sciences (e.g., agricultural/biological engineering, civil/ environmental engineering, hydrology, geology, atmospheric science, chemistry, or related environmental science discipline). One to two years of post-graduate experience in a scientific or consulting position in a relevant field is required. Please visit our website www.stone-env.com for a full job description and how to apply.

Provide support to our Advancement Services and Research teams for database support and development research. S/he will be the lead team member for data entry and integrity initiatives, provide support for gift processing, efforts, and contribute to prospect identification and research.

For more information and to apply for these and other great jobs: norwich.interviewexchange.com All candidates must be authorized to work for any U.S. employer. A post offer, pre-employment background check will be required of the successful candidate. Norwich University is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing a positive education and work environment that recognizes and respects the dignity of all students, faculty and staff. Reasonable accommodations will be made for the known disability of an otherwise qualified applicant. Please contact the Office of Human Resources at nuhr@norwich.edu for assistance. Norwich University offers a comprehensive benefit package that includes medical, dental, vision, group life and long term disability insurance, flexible-spending accounts for health and dependent care, 403(b) retirement plan with employer match, employee assistance program, paid time off including parental leave, and tuition scholarships for eligible employees and their family members.

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Do you love what Vermont is all about? So do we at VSECU. We’re seeking individuals who believe in our vision of empowering possibilities for Vermonters, our member-owners, and co-workers. Our employees and culture bring our brand to life and we are seeking a dynamic and focused individual who wants to bring purpose to his/her work. By joining the Mortgage team as a Mortgage Closing Specialist, you will be relied on to facilitate the scheduling of member loan closings, act as settlement agent for home equity loans closings, and work with settlement agents, members and attorneys to ensure all necessary information is in order for the closing process . We are flexible and team oriented at VSECU, a credit union for everybody in Vermont.

Engaging minds that change the world Seeking a position with a quality employer? Consider The University of Vermont, a stimulating and diverse workplace. We offer a comprehensive benefit package including tuition remission for on-going, full-time positions. These openings and others are updated daily. Student Financial Services Administrative Assistant – Office of Student Financial – Posting #S1138PO - The Office of Student Financial Services is seeking an Administrative Assistant to provide high level administrative support to the Director and Leadership Team within the office. Responsibilities include providing business operations support, including procurement and liaison for human resources transaction initiation and monitoring, reconciliation of office credit card transactions and statements, initiation of work orders for repairs, phone orders, supply ordering and inventory monitoring. Responsible for staff travel and conference arrangements, including the review of travel related expenditures within University polices and procedure guidelines. Maintain staff records, office calendar, meeting and room scheduling, meeting minutes, and provide project logistic support. Minimum Requirements: Associate’s degree with one to three years of related experience. Proficient in word processing, spreadsheet and presentation applications. Effective written communication and editing skills required. Experience in handling sensitive and confidential information. Effective interpersonal skills, organizational skills and ability to multitask required. Demonstrated ability to resolve problems, perform research, learn new technologies and work independently or as part of a team. Must be able to work in a fast paced dynamic environment while fostering and supporting a broadly diverse campus community. Custodians – Custodial Services – Posting #S1122PO, #S1127PO #S1119PO - The University of Vermont Custodial Services Department is hiring 19 new front line custodians. These positions perform a variety of custodial cleaning services, in a team setting, to buildings in support of University facilities. First and third shifts are available. These positions require active engagement in learning and practicing principles of social justice and inclusion, environmental sustainability, and delivering great customer service. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution.

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Custodial Supervisor – Custodial Services – Posting #S1118PO - Supervise custodians in Residential Life buildings. Responsible for the cleanliness, maintenance and safety of Residential Life areas. Maintain effective communication with staff, demonstrate fiscal accountability by effective and efficient use of available resources, supply and equipment inventory management, proper maintenance of building surfaces, and ensure customer satisfaction by maintaining required cleaning standards. Participate in the planning, set-up and break down of events as requested. Accesses information utilizing desktop applications. Ensure training and safety programs are being followed. Provide general administrative support to manager. Schedule inspections of buildings to ensure established level of cleanliness standards are met. Meet with customers and employees to respond to inquiries regarding policy and procedures. Promote a work environment that Discover the power of6/5/17 10:27 AMencourages safety within the department, as well as understanding and supporting diversity and social justice. Active engagement in learning and practicing principles of social justice and inclusion, environmental sustainability and delivering a great customer experience. The University is especially interested in candidates what ONE PERSON can do. who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. We’re seeking an energetic, Minimum Qualifications: High School diploma and three years related experience required. Ability to successfully complete ten-hour OSHA training on construccompassionate and deeply tion, safety and health issues. Valid driver’s license or ability to obtain and driver’s check required. Basic computer skills required. Specific physical requirements may apply based on specific job functions. Lifting up to 50 lbs. occasionally. Demonstrated ongoing commitment to workplace diversity, sustainability and delivcommitted applicant who ering exceptional value and great experience to customers. seeks to grow their career in Retail Associate – UVM’s Catamount Store – Posting #S1094PO – The UVM Bookstore is seeking a Retail Associate to join their team at UVM’s a place they’ll love. Catamount Store on Church Street. The Catamount Store Retail Associate will open and close the store, operate a cash register, stock merchandise to create appealing displays, promote the Catamount Store through various social media platforms, and provide excellent customer service. This position requires the ability to lift 5-25 lbs. regularly and 75 lbs. occasionally. Standing for long periods of time is required with stooping, bending and lifting involved. Candidates for this position must have a High School diploma, familiarity with retail sales, and knowledge of computer operations and data entry. The candidate should have a demonstrated commitment to diversity, social justice and training, and fostering a collaborative multicultural environment. This candidate also must be able to work weekends, evenings, and University holidays with occasional overtime as needed. Valid driver’s license or ability to obtain and driver’s check is required, and French language skills are desirable. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are encouraged to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal.

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This is a unique opportunity to join our Medical Group leadership team through a six week orientation program. At the end of the orientation, candidates are placed in an open clinic in Chittenden County. Successful candidate will have an Associate degree with 5 years or Bachelor’s with 3 years demonstrated leadership competencies. Comprehensive benefit package available. UVMHealth.org/MedCenterJobs Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

Assistant to the Director of the Center for Academic Success (CFAS) – Posting #S1150PO – Provide high level administrative support for the Director of the Center for Academic Success and Budget Manager. Maintain a high level of confidentiality, exercise judgment, and communicate information to students, staff and other customers; Manage the central office, including scheduling, staffing and representing CFAS to all external constituents. Develop and maintain CFAS communications, including print, web and social media, with consideration to accessibility and inclusivity. Provide administrative support to the Orientation and FYE programs, including managing the orientation registration and communications CRM (Slate). Provide business process support for hiring, payroll, and budgets. Support and promote a safe environment for students and staff of all races, ethnicities, religious and national origins, gender and sexual orientations, disabilities and ages, to fulfill the mission and philosophy of the Center for Academic Success, the Division of Student Affairs and the University of Vermont. Associate’s degree with three years of related experience required. Demonstrated ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple tasks with a high degree of attention to detail and accuracy. Effective public relations and communication skills. Ability to interact in an inclusive manner with a diverse population and to maintain confidentiality. Ability to collaborate and work well on a team. Effective organizational skills. Desktop technology proficiency including functional knowledge of software applications used to support area functions; customer relations management tools and basic graphic design required. Experience working in social media platforms. Effective written and oral communication skills. Ability to communicate effectively with a wide audience using a variety of methods (social media, email, telephone, in-person, etc.). Demonstrated commitment to diversity, social justice and fostering a collaborative multicultural environment. Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Drupal Banner and database applications desirable. Hiring salary budgeted at low end to mid pay band. The University is especially interested in candidates who can contribute to the diversity and excellence of the institution. Applicants are required to include in their cover letter information about how they will further this goal. A probationary period may be required, occasional overtime/weekend hours required. For further information on these positions and others currently available, or to apply online, please visit our website at: www.uvmjobs.com; Job Hotline #802656-2248; telephone #802-656-3150. Applicants must apply for positions electronically. Paper resumes are not accepted. Job positions are updated daily. The University of Vermont is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Applications, from women, veterans, individuals with disabilities and people from diverse racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds are encouraged. Untitled-16 1

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STORMWATER TECHNICIANS The State of Vermont Agency of Transportation is hiring two Stormwater Technicians to work in its Water Quality Unit providing technical, permitting, and administrative support to agency personnel, and coordinating regulatory compliance under various Stormwater Management and Environmental Protection Rules, Regulations, and Programs at a professional level for the Maintenance & Operations Bureauâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Environmental Program. View detailed job description and minimum qualifications as well as apply online (only) for this position, (AOT Stormwater Technician I, Job Opening # 621346), on or before 6/11/17, by visiting the Department of Human Resources Website (DHR) humanresources.vermont.gov/careers; click on â&#x20AC;&#x153;Job Seekersâ&#x20AC;?, search for job posting and apply online following the instructions. If you would like more information about this position, please contact Craig Digiammarino at 922-4681.

Hunger Mountain Co-op is celebrating 44 years as a consumer-owned food cooperative and central Vermont's premier source for natural and local foods. We are seeking an experienced Human Resources Manager to join our leadership team. Our Co-op is committed to serving our 8300+ Member-Owners, 1500+ daily customers, and 160+ employees with passion for our mission to build a dynamic community of healthy individuals, sustainable local food systems and thriving cooperative commerce. Please review the job description and complete an application online at www.hungermountain.coop/AboutUs/CoopCareers and submit resume and cover letter to Phoebe Townsend at phoebem@hungermountain.coop.

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General Manager

All applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, sex, marital or parental status, disability, gender identity or expression, age, veteran status or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law.

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Work with the Board of Directors to implement the Co-opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s strategic plan. Lead financial management, planning, budgeting and marketing. Oversee the Co-opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s management team. Lead the Co-opâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s business development initiatives in fuel deliveries, HVAC, energy efficiency and renewables.

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Are you ready to be a key community leader improving services for individuals with developmental disabilities and/or persistent mental health challenges? Join Howard Center in the newly created role,

Superb leadership and management skills with proven ability to motivate employees to reach common goals. Excellent written and verbal communications skills. At least five ZFBSs experience in financial management, budgeting and planning. Ability to think strategically. Experience with high-level strategic planning. Knowledge of HVAC, fuel dealer, energy efficiency and renewables businesses, especially in Vermont.

Director of Long-term Supports and Services. Reporting to the Chief Client Services Officer, this leader will drive the integration of two formerly distinct long-term and community support programs. The Director will be the voice for and lead LTSS decision-making both internally and externally. With unwavering focus on client care, s/he will spearhead collaborations with other agencies/providers and play a prominent role in health care reform activities. VISIT

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SEMESTER PROGRAM TEACHING ASSISTANT Yestermorrow Design/Build School is seeking a Semester Program Teaching Assistant from 8/14/17 to 12/15/17. This position works with the Faculty Team to facilitate the Yestermorrow/UMass Semester in Sustainable Design/Build, a 15-credit, 16-week program (8/19-12/8/17) for up to 15 undergraduates and recent graduates. Started in 2011, the Semester Program is focused on the collaborative design and construction of a single, highperformance, year-round structure for a real client. The curriculum includes four credit-bearing courses, consisting of lectures, seminars, discussions, studio time, and jobsite work. This position is well suited to applicants with experience in design, construction, or high-performance building and those looking to refine or develop their teaching. For more information please visit http://bit.ly/2rXm1WP or contact eric@yestermorrow.org. Preference given to applications received by June 23.

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Established Property Management Firm seeking an individual to manage a portfolio of homeowner associations located in Chittenden County. Property Manager duties include: Attendance at evening board meetings, Site visits of properties, Obtaining bids, contract negotiation and oversight of vendors, Management and oversight of building staff, Preparation of budgets and review monthly financial reports, and leasing apartments.

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Thorough knowledge of Microsoft Office, Superior multi-tasking and organizational skills, Extraordinary customer service skills/understanding, 3 years’ experience in property management, real estate, or customer service.

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What we offer our Property Managers: attractive benefits package including health insurance, liberal holiday/ vacation schedule, and retirement plan, Competitive compensation (commensurate with experience) Interested individuals should email cover letter and resume to

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Senior Network Engineer The Tech Group, the human side of IT Want to work on the cutting edge of technology, with the best equipment and software? We’re looking for a Senior Network Engineer to join our growing team, dedicated to setting new and higher standards of customer service to support our clients’ wide range of technology demands.

INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNICIAN and ADMINISTRATIVE SPECIALIST

PROCUREMENT & LOGISTICS SPECIALIST Tetra Tech ARD has immediate openings for a full

time Information Systems Technician (IST) and a full time Administrative Specialist (AS) to join team in Tetra Tech ARD has an immediate opening foritsa full Burlington. The IST is responsible for user support, time Procurement & Logistics Specialist (PLS) to join its troubleshooting, SharePoint andwith Office365 Burlington team. and The PLS collaborates project and home office staffwhile for contract-compliant administration, the AS provides procurement support across and logistics of steady equipment for project and the units, ensuring operations foroffices new business home office.implementation. The successful candidate must have 2 years and project Attention to detail, strong of prior PLS-related work, ideally with a USG contractor. intercultural and communications skills, and creative Excellentsolving communication andfor organization androle. problem are critical success inskills either detail orientation are critical for this fast-paced position. We require a minimum of an Associate’s degree, a Must haves include outlook, minimumand of anaassociate’s degree in positive, optimistic strong customer business or a related field, strong cross-cultural skills, and support orientation. •

The Senior Network Engineer is responsible for client service delivery of high level and tactical solutions for client networks, security planning, design, implementation and installation. The ideal candidate will have a 4-year CS, Engineering, Information Technology, or Math degree, with at least 10 years successful service delivery experience in the IT, Cloud Computing, Outsourcing, and/or Managed Services fields. Experience or exposure to proposal development, budget and product management a plus. Expert knowledge of Cisco, Juniper, Citrix, MS, operating systems, VMware, LAN/WAN/WLAN, VPN, switching and routing technology, protocols, and optimization, network security, firewalls and IPS; advanced network certifications such as CCNA, CCAA, VCP series certifications experience required. Six Sigma, ITIL, or equivalent certifications or experience is preferred.

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SUCRACK OPEN YOUR FUTURE... New England Federal Credit Union, Vermont’s largest Credit Union with 7 branch locations, is a growing organization committed to excellence in service, convenience, and simplicity. NEFCU offers a stable, supportive, high-standards work environment, where employees are treated as key stakeholders. Please visit our website, www.nefcu.com, to learn more about the great opportunities and benefits that exist at NEFCU.

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Technical Support Specialist

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VITL is seeking a technical support specialist to serve as a primary point of contact for our internal and external clients, providing technical support and excellent service.

Branch Manager

Responsibilities include support for Windows operating systems for laptops and other devices; first level technical support for desktop hardware, printers and peripherals; first level technical support for Office 365 applications, SharePoint, Chrome and other desktop applications.

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New England Federal Credit Union is looking to hire an experienced and dynamic leader to manage its largest branch, located on Harvest Lane in Williston, Vermont. The successful candidate will be dedicated to meeting the requirements and expectations of their internal customers (members); establishing and maintaining effective professional and interpersonal relationships; cultivating success of their direct reports by motivating, mentoring and managing staff performance, and dealing with challenges and opportunities in a fair, consistent and timely manner. The NEFCU branch manager is responsible for providing and modeling superior service; developing and deepening financial relationships, and ensuring the integrity of daily operations in a full-service branch office. The successful candidate will demonstrate a complete understanding of our members’ financial needs and the various solutions NEFCU offers. The successful candidate will be a self-confident, collaborative motivator, with exceptional communication skills. An Associate’s or Bachelor’s degree is preferred. Also, two years of banking and/or lending is required.

This is a full-time permanent position requiring a bachelor’s degree and a minimum two years of technical support experience. To apply, please email a cover letter and resume to hr@vitl.net. NO PHONE CALLS, PLEASE.

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NEFCU is also looking to hire a Financial Education Director to develop and grow our financial education programs for our members and the communities in which we serve. The successful candidate will use a curriculum-based approach to deliver the optimal education experience. The Financial Education Director will identify and develop key performance metrics that reflect the mission and strategy of our organization while promoting awareness of our financial education program and partner offerings. Qualified candidates will possess strong management competencies, critical thinking skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills and a minimum of 3 years of relevant experience from which necessary experience and expertise were acquired. This position will be based out of our Williston location.

committed applicant who seeks to grow their career in a place they’ll love.

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Food Service Worker & Line Chef ▪ The Food Service Worker is responsible for food production, food

Qualified applicants should submit a complete resume and cover letter illustrating reasons for interest and further qualification via nefcu.com and complete an online application.

NEFCU enjoys an employer of choice distinction with turnover averaging less than 10%. More than 96% of our 215 staff say NEFCU is a great place to work. (2016 Annual Staff Survey) If you believe you have the qualifications to contribute to this environment, please send your resume and cover letter and salary history to HR@nefcu.com.

portioning, delivering trays to patients and working the retail section of the cafes. Must have at least one year of work experience in a customer service setting. Experience in food service strongly preferred.

▪ The Line Chef must have at least one year of experience in quantity food preparation. Experience in a lead role preferred.

▪ Full-time and per diem positions available. We offer a competitive wage, excellent benefits including health insurance, paid time off, retirement plans and tuition reimbursement.

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MUNICIPAL WATER/SEWER OPERATOR The Town of Essex Public Works Department is receiving applications for full time employment as a Water/Sewer Operator Level I, II or III. Applicants are encouraged to apply who qualify from the apprentice level up to experienced, licensed operators. The intent is to hire at the highest level of qualification. The salary will be set within the existing job classification system depending on experience and qualification. Information on the position and application requirements can be obtained from Chris Stoddard at the Town of Essex Public Works offices, 5 Jericho Road, Essex Junction, VT, 05452 or by calling 1-802-878-1344. The position is open until filled. EOE.

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Dynapower Company in South Burlington is a leading manufacturer of large custom power supplies and energy conversion systems. Our staff is dedicated to providing quality workmanship and the highest level of customer service. We offer an extensive benefits package and a pleasant working environment, as well as an opportunity for personal and professional growth. We are currently accepting resumes and applications for the following positions:

Inside Sales Rep - Parts and Service Digital Marketing Specialist Electronic Technician For the full job description and to apply, go to www.dynapower.com and click on “employment.” EOE

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Pastry Baker (South Burlington)

We are looking to add full-time team members to our pastry department. Ideal candidates will have attention to detail, move with a sense of urgency and be able to work weekends and holidays as needed. Also must be able to lift 50 pounds. Experience in a commercial bakery setting a plus, but willing to train the right person. Production to include but not limited to: cookie doughs, cakes, cheesecakes, pies, scones, muffins, coffee cakes, croissant and Danish dough and much more.

Director of Communications and Brand Strategy The director of communications and brand strategy is a leader in the organization, managing external and internal communications including public relations, brand management, advertising, social media and print publications. The director works with executive and senior leaders in government relations, community relations and marketing to oversee strategy, creation and design of the company’s key messaging. The position also leads a team of communications and brand strategists including writers, graphic designers, managers and other communications department personnel. The director of communications and brand strategy serves as a consultant to business leaders and project managers across the company and leads corporate initiatives and IT projects that specifically relate to communications and brand strategy. A bachelor’s degree with specialized knowledge of journalism or communications is required, master’s degree or equivalent strongly preferred. Working knowledge and understanding of art and graphic design principals and trends, electronic production techniques, marketing communications, journalism and public relations is essential. At least five years of progressive experience in communications, journalism, public relations, advertising or other related field is desired. Consider joining Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Vermont. We’re one of Fortune Magazine’s Great Place to Work® award-winning companies. Here you will find a rewarding career, positive culture, award-winning benefits package and a healthy work-life balance. Visit us at www.bcbsvt.com/careers to learn more about us and apply online.

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Lead Carpenter Customer service and sales support specialist at Vermont Christmas Company responsible for: managing calls from individual consumers and retailers; responding to inquiries; taking and entering orders; researching and calling trade prospects; preparing for promotional mailings and trade shows; updating electronic records; filing and other sales support tasks. Customer service and sales support experience preferred. Must possess strong telephone presence, flexibility to multitask and proficiency with Microsoft Office. Professional references required. Full-time employment. Compensation commensurate with experience. Paid holidays and paid time off. Health insurance and retirement plan available. Potential for advancement. Near Exit 17 in Milton. Please no phone calls or walk-ins.

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Ambulatory RNs Sign on bonus up to $6,000 We are looking for great Ambulatory RNs who are passionate about providing care that puts the patient first! Opportunities exist in our ambulatory, patientcentered Primary Care Medical Homes, Gastroenterology, Neurology, Pulmonology, Transplant, Urgent Care and other specialty areas. We offer competitive pay, flexible day schedule and great benefits (including tuition reimbursement).

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Burlington School District’s The Vermont School Boards Leading construction firm Association (VSBA) is Property Services department specializing in energy seeking a Director of Board is seeking summer seasonal efficiency in Bristol, VT, Education Services to join temp custodial staff for seeks a Lead Carpenter our high-energy team. This washing walls, moving position will be the lead in with 10-15 years experifurniture & floor care. delivering a comprehensive ence in custom residential Day and evening hours school board development construction. Positive program to orient new available, 40 hrs per week. leadership approach a school board members Pay Range $10.00-$12.00 must. Fast-paced, friendly and support long-term Per Hour members in fulfilling their work environment with Must be able to pass a duties. competitive pay. background check. The ideal candidate is familiar with Vermont’s Please send resume to To apply, visit education system and charitie@smithmcclain.com. www.bsdvt.org and click on the role of school boards, Employment Opportunities. has direct experience developing curriculum for adult learners, and is adaptive in his or her 2v-SmithMcClain060717.indd 1 6/2/17 2v-BurlingtonSchoolDistrict060717.indd 1:43 PM 1 6/5/17 10:01 AM approach to instruction. This person is a skilled facilitator and a highly effective oral and written communicator. www.vtvsba.org (http://www.vtvsba.org/ director-of-education)

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Development Director

The development director is responsible for co-designing and managing all of the organization’s fundraising activities in partnership with the executive director. This position is a critical revenue generator for KidsGardening. The role requires strong “servant leadership,” leading and supporting the Board and executive director in all fundraising activities. For a full description of responsibilities and qualifications, visit www.kidsgardening.org. To apply, please send cover letter and resume to ameliad@kidsgardening.org.

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The Charlotte Children’s Center, a 5 STAR, non-proﬁt early education program in Charlotte, VT, is seeking an energetic, selfmotivated director with strong communication skills for our facility. We serve approximately 38 children ages three months to ﬁve years at our main campus and 12 three and four year old children at our extension site.

Executive Director Pine Forest Children’s Center, one Burlington's largest early child care education centers, is seeking a dynamic, strategic, hardworking and pragmatic Executive Director to oversee operations of the Center. A successful Executive Director will have superior interpersonal skills, a high degree of initiative and dedication, commitment to high quality programming for children, be a team player, and foster a supportive work environment for staff.

We are a play based, project based, nature based center that strongly believes that every child is ready to learn when Full job description at their social emotional needs are http://thepineforest.org. met. The Director is responsible for the day to day operation of the Center and reports to a Board of Directors made up of family and community members. This is a salaried position, with3v-PineForestChildrensCenter052417.indd Let’s get to... 1 5/19/17 a generous beneﬁts package including paid time off, dental insurance, and education reimbursement. For complete job requirement and application details, visit: www.schoolspring.com/ job?2801345

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The Community Rehabilitation and Treatment Team (CRT), is seeking a strong clinician who is highly organized and energetic. The CRT program serves individuals with severe mental illness. The team leader will work closely with the CRT Program Manager and the CRT Leadership Team to provide safe and clinically sound services for individuals enrolled in the program. Must work in a supportive role with the Program Manager to ensure responsible administrative oversight of the CRT Program; will provide both administrative and clinical supervision to direct line staff; and coordinate with State and Community Resources. Strong supervisory experience is essential. Knowledge of Evidence Base Practices is a plus. Master’s Degree, licensed or license eligible and minimum of 2 years relevant experience required. This position is eligible for a sign-on bonus. Our clinic is located close to interstate 89 and is a short commute from Burlington and surrounding areas.

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Busy little physical therapy office seeking office staff person and physical therapist. If you are organized, enjoy working with people, and are good at juggling situations with a smile, then this is the office staff position for you. If you are an experienced motivated physical therapist who enjoys being a self starter, sharing skills, and treating patients in an open environment, then this is the place for you. Our world’s greatest office manager of 9 years is leaving our office to full time motherhood. On top of that, we are busy and our awesome patients need an ambitious physical therapist. If you are interested in being part of a close knit positive team and enjoy helping change lives for the better, then please write us and let us know why you are qualified, why we want to work with you, what your future plan is and something personal and funny. Email: andy@greenmtrehab.com

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We are seeking an experienced DIGITAL MARKETING STRATEGIST to join our Marketing team. If you’re a tech-savvy trendsetter who has innovative ideas to increase lead generation and improve customer experience, and have the analytical skills to demonstrate impact, we would like to meet you. Our ideal candidate will have proven work experience in a similar role, and demonstrable experience with SEO/ SEM and CRM software. Learn more about our company and for a full scope of this opportunity, please visit our website:

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Senior Professional Services Engineer

Mach7 Technologies, located in South Burlington, VT, is seeking an energetic Senior Professional Services Engineer to work in an entrepreneurial environment.

TOWN ADMINISTRATOR The Town of Hinesburg, Vermont (pop. 4,396) seeks a capable, qualified, and collaborative Town Administrator. Hinesburg is a vibrant and engaged community located in southern Chittenden County, less than a half an hour from Burlington, Lake Champlain, and an array of outdoor amenities and activities. The Town Administrator reports to a five-member Selectboard and is generally responsible for the daily operations of the town, including but not limited to: personnel, financial management, project management, and budgeting. The Town Administrator supervises 22 full-time equivalent employees and a general fund budget of nearly $3.5 million. A full job description is posted on the town website (www.hinesburg.org). Requirements include: a Bachelor’s degree in public administration, business management, or relevant field, with a Master’s degree preferred, and a working knowledge of municipal practices, budgeting, finance, and communications. Previous experience in municipal government is desired. Salary dependent upon experience. To apply, please email a cover letter, resume, and at least three professional references no later than June 23, 2017 to jobs@hinesburg.org with “Town Administrator” as the subject.

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This position will work directly with customers to install, configure, troubleshoot, and support Mach7 packaged solutions. This position requires strong customer interaction skills, strong technical IT skills and a passion for customer satisfaction in a growing market within the medical imaging space. Responsibilities include troubleshooting problems within Mach7 software, system software including virtualization, operating system, and database management system; research system level components for problem resolution; and perform product implementations requiring technical systems configuration and integration testing. Must have a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Technology or related field and 5 year’s experience working with medical imaging software. Must have working knowledge in Microsoft products including: Microsoft Windows, SQL Server, IIS, Visual Studio, Office; working knowledge in IT infrastructure to include databases, networks, servers, and virtual machines; and knowledge in healthcare communication standards (IHE, DICOM, HL7).

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Develop and manage individualized assessment, treatment and integration services for children and youth with autism spectrum disorders. Applicants must hold a master’s degree and certification as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst or be actively working toward becoming a BCBA. This position provides an exciting opportunity to contribute to a growing program and to the field of autism services in the state of Vermont.

Colchester School District is seeking a qualiﬁed Technology Help Desk Specialist. This position is responsible for answering, evaluating, and prioritizing incoming telephone, voicemail, email and in-person requests for assistance from users experiencing problems with computer-related technologies.

Budget and Financial Manager Develop program budgets and manage financial performance for agency programs. Responsibilities include budget development, performance monitoring, financial and operational analysis, costing, grant and contract management, providing general business and operational guidance, and collaborating with program and agency leadership to effectively manage financial performance. Manage budgets and advise business leaders. Must have three to five years’ experience. Full-time, benefits-eligible position. This and other new opportunities available in finance department as agency integration continues.

This is a full-time, full-year position with a generous beneﬁts package. EOE. Interested candidates must apply online at SchoolSpring.com. Job # 2798299.

Sub-Registered Nurse – Medication Assisted Treatment Program Seeking a registered nurse to cover vacancies. Our nurses are responsible for safely dispensing methadone and buprenorphine products and maintaining all nursing dispensary operations. Must have excellent attention to detail and organizational skills plus strong interpersonal and communication skills.

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Substance Abuse Clinical Care Coordinator Provide care coordination for clients receiving buprenorphine treatment through the new Pine Street Counseling Spoke, ensuring that clients receive coordinated care addressing Home Health Services. Full time. Benefits eligible. Master’s required. Must have LADC or LCMHC or LICSW.

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Full-time position available for a creative and innovative individual to lead a program staffed by individuals who have experience with mental illness. This program provides support services to adults in psychiatric crisis in a variety of settings, including clients’ homes, venues in the community and at crisis stabilization facilities with the goal being to help clients avoid requiring a higher level of care placement. Bachelor’s degree required as well as past experience in the human services field working with individuals with serious mental illness and in crisis situations. Past supervisory experience is preferred. Required: valid Vermont driver’s license, a registered vehicle and vehicle insurance that meets at least Vermont minimum standard of coverage.

Howard Center offers an excellent benefits package including health, dental and life insurance, as well as generous paid time off for all regular positions scheduled 20-plus hours per week.

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Let’s grow together. Call us today at

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Please visit our website, howardcentercareers.org. Enter position title to view details and apply. Howard Center is an equal opportunity employer. Applicants needing assistance or an accommodation in completing the online application should feel free to contact Human Resources at 488-6950 or hrhelpdesk@howardcenter.org.

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DIRECTOR OF NURSING Centurion, a partnership between MHM Services and Centene Corporation, is a leading provider of health care services to correctional facilities nationwide. Centurion of Vermont is proud to be the provider of health care services to the Vermont Department of Corrections.

Pink Colony, a Lilly Pulitzer Specialty boutique, is opening at 1940 Mountain Road in Stowe this July! Seeking full-time and part-time positions including

We invite you to learn more about the environment that is often referred to as “nursing’s best kept secret”

Sales Associates, Manager, and Key Holders. Customer service and retail experience preferred. Must enjoy a FUN fast paced environment. Generous employee discount & competitive pay. Send resumes to: info@pinkcolony.com

— Correctional Nursing. We are currently seeking a full time Director of Nursing at our Chittenden Regional Correctional Facility in South Burlington, VT.

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The Director of Nursing provides clinical, educational and professional supervision for nursing and support staff. Collaborates with site health care leadership, facility leadership and other multidisciplinary team members to maintain and improve health care programs and services provided to incarcerated population.

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The Howard Center’s Shared Living Program creates opportunities for individuals with developmental disabilities to live in the community. The Shared Living Program is currently accepting expressions of interest from experienced caregivers to provide a home, day-to-day assistance, and support tailored to the needs of individuals seeking caregivers. This is a rewarding employment opportunity for individuals who are interested in working from home while making a meaningful difference in someone’s life. We use a careful matching process to ensure that each placement is mutually compatible. A generous tax-free stipend, Room & Board, respite budget, training, and team support are provided.

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Curtis Lumber Co. is one of the largest and fastest growing building materials companies in the country and is committed to delivering top-notch service while promoting a positive work environment. Curtis Lumber Co. offers competitive salary, excellent benefits package. 2-3 Years of Industry/Estimator Experience is preferred. To apply, please visit our employment page at www.curtislumbercareers.com.

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food+drink restaurants in Burlington serve it, and the way people talk about it here isn’t the way they talk about it in Québec. In Québec, it’s a Québécois dish, and it would make no sense to anyone to call it otherwise. But here, people were labeling it as a Canadian dish.

Calling poutine a Canadian dish is not the same as when [Canadians or others] adapt the dish and appreciate its culture. I’m not claiming that food should have an ownership, but people are attaching false ownership to poutine, and that’s problematic.

SD: Why is that a problem? NFO: It’s problematic when a dominant group takes something from a minority or marginalized group … [In this case,] the Canadians are the majority group and the Québécois are the minority group. So [by redefining poutine as “Canadian”], the majority group absorbs [part of ] the minority culture; it dilutes the less-dominant culture and erases the Québécois culture from the map.

SD: What is one neat new spin on poutine you’ve tasted recently? NFO: I’m really curious about the Asian poutine. I had a butter [curry] chicken poutine recently, and it was really good. It was in Montréal, but I don’t recall the restaurant.

SD: From the outside, it seems greater Canada has grown more open to Québec’s cultural diversity. NFO: This paper is really more about the Canadian culture than the Québécois culture. Canada is 150 years old this year, and there’s this big celebration of the confederation of Canada. So, we’re talking a lot about [national] identity, and [my] thesis is really more about what we’re talking about when we talk about Canadian identity. Of course, it’s correct to say that Québec is located in Canada. But should we stop talking about Québécois culture and only talk about Canadian culture?

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SD: Do you have a favorite poutine? NFO: The best poutines are always late at night with a group of friends. It’s not so much about the food but about the social context. The best poutine could be outside of Québec — I’m all for it! But if you like poutine with the cheese curd and brown gravy, the classical way, you need to be in an area where that curd is available. We have a lot of that in Québec. When we go to the gas station, there are cheese curds waiting for us. !

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SD: How do you feel about all the ways in which people have updated and adapted poutine? NFO: It’s wonderful! There’s Greek poutine, chicken-curry poutine, Haitian poutine — you name it. The culture is hybridizing in new and interesting ways. Half of my paper is actually about how it is wonderful to adapt poutine.

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SD: Do you think there’s a risk of Québécois heritage becoming fully absorbed by Canadian culture? NFO: That is a constant risk for any marginalized or minority group. In the past, assimilation [of Québécois culture into Canadian culture] was performed via shame-based policies and processes. Now, it seems like these processes of assimilation have shifted. It’s become assimilation by appropriation.

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PLANT SALE: Green thumbs take their pick of more than 300 varieties of certified organic seedlings including veggies, herbs, dye plants and flowers. Arc of the Eye Organic Farm & Nursery, Brookfield, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3839.

art

STITCH & B!TCH DROP-IN EMBROIDERY SESSIONS: Needle-and-thread enthusiasts explore the history and politics of fiber arts through projects and discussions. Generator, Burlington, 6:30-8:30 p.m. $9-10; preregister. Info, 540-0761.

bazaars

JEFFERSONVILLE FARMERS & ARTISAN MARKET: Live music spices up a gathering of more than 30 vendors. 49 Old Main St., Jeffersonville, 4:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, jefffarmersandartisanmarket65@gmail. com.

business

VERMONT CLIMATE ECONOMY BUSINESS NETWORK MEET-UP: Eco-minded professionals rub elbows while munching on appetizers and connecting with special guests. Union Station, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $10-15; cash bar. Info, 828-5670.

community

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CO-OP CONVERSATION SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION: Shoppers hear a draft recommendation regarding updates to the co-op’s member discount program. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 262-3242. HOME SHARING INFO SESSION: Locals get upto-date details on home-sharing opportunities in Vermont. HomeShare Vermont, South Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 863-5625.

crafts

KNITTING & MORE: BABY SOCKS: Needleworkers of all skill levels stitch coverings for tiny tootsies. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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BEGINNER CONTEMPORARY BALLET CLASS: Developing dancers find their footing in a level-one lesson. North End Studio C, Burlington, noon-1:30 p.m. $10. Info, 310-467-5879.

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environment

KINGDOM COMMUNITY WIND TOUR: Attendees are blown away by a tour of energy-producing turbines. Kingdom Community Wind, Lowell, 10-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, nicole.pidala@greenmountainpower.com.

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BHUTANESE ELDERS VISIT STATEHOUSE: Seniors travel to the Vermont Statehouse for a tour. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585. GREENER DRINKS: Supporters of commonsense cannabis reform sip beverages and discuss the culture, industry and politics of the agricultural product. Zenbarn, Waterbury, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, info@vtcannabisbrands.com. GUIDED TOURS: A historic Gothic Revival house opens its doors for hourly excursions. Self-guided explorations of the gardens, exhibits and walking trails are also available. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 11 a.m.-5 p.m. $6; free for kids 14 and under. Info, 828-3051.

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Rock Around the Clock Many of Vermont’s summer festivals involve tents, but few embrace the camping spirit. At Onion River Music Campout, folks can pitch a tent along the Winooski River, wander walking trails, swim at Paradise Falls and then settle around the campfire for some tunes. OK, that’s an understatement: The family-friendly lineup brings nearly nonstop musical entertainment and late-night dance parties — headliners are rock-fusion four-piece Tauk (pictured), funk-soul quartet the Nth Power, party rocker Zion 1 and jazz-hop DJ Logic. Twenty-one supporting acts provide the soundtrack to children’s activities and workshops in yoga, meditation and dance. Go for the day or do it right and spend the night.

ONION RIVER MUSIC CAMPOUT Friday, June 9, 5 p.m.-midnight, and Saturday, June 10, 9:30 a.m.-11 p.m., at Onion River Campout in Plainfield. $30-50; free for kids 10 and under. Info, northeastmusicproduction@gmail.com. musicvermont.com

NEWS & BREWS: Citizens chat up Vermont business people and policy makers over cups of joe. Generator, Burlington, 8-9 a.m. Free. Info, 540-0761.

film

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: Monarchs make an extraordinary journey to Mexico’s remote mountain peaks in this 2D and 3D film experience. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, noon & 2:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.50-16.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: Academy Award-nominated actress Emily Watson narrates an immersive film following a family of highly social mammals in the Kalahari Desert. Northfield Savings Bank Theater: A National Geographic Experience, ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington, 11 a.m. & 1 & 3:30 p.m. $3-5 plus regular admission, $13.5016.50; free for members and kids 2 and under. Info, 877-324-6386.

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Breaking the Cycle

Since 1986, Vermont CARES has been riding hard on its mission of supporting Vermonters affected by HIV and AIDS. For the 19th year, the state’s cycling community lends a hand — or, rather, a foot — in the annual Champ Ride. Solo or in teams, bicyclists go the distance in 17-, 32-, 67- or 100-mile routes on bucolic byways along Lake Champlain. This year’s funds support an HIV mobile testing van that will travel to the farthest reaches of the state. As riders

JUN. 8 | MUSIC

MEET THE FOLKS ARLO GUTHRIE & PETE YARROW Thursday, June 8, 7:30 p.m., at Barre Opera House. $10-60. Info, 476-8188. barreoperahouse.org

‘MOTHER EARTH NEWS’ FAIR Saturday, June 10, 9-6 p.m., and Sunday, June 11, 9-5 p.m., at Champlain Valley Exposition in Essex Junction. $10-20; free for kids 17 and under. Info, 800-234-3368. motherearthnewsfair.com

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Saturday, June 10, 100-mile ride, 7 a.m.; 67-mile ride, 8 a.m.; 32-mile ride, 9 a.m.; 17-mile ride, 10 a.m.; peak picnic time, noon-2 p.m., at Oakledge Park in Burlington. $30-50; some additional fundraising may be required. Info, christian@vtcares.org. champride.org

Interested in making mead like a viking? Constructing a tiny home to call your own? Keeping your goat herd healthy the holistic way? There’s a class for you at Mother Earth News’ Vermont fair. Billed as “the original guide to living wisely,” the bimonthly American magazine has preached simple, sustainable lifestyles since 1970. Local and national experts, such as Québécois farmer Jean-Martin Fortier (pictured), bring their expertise to 150 hands-on workshops. Topics range from solar energy to seed starting, green building to gardening hacks and backyard foraging to beginner beekeeping. If you love Mother Earth, this is news you can definitely use.

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Singer-songwriter and political activist Victor Jara sang of peace, love and social justice — themes that were in sad contrast with his murder during the 1973 Chilean coup. The Resurrection of Victor Jara, a feature-length documentary written and produced by University of Vermont lecturer John Summa, memorializes Jara’s life and music and features interviews with his fellow folk luminaries, including Arlo Guthrie and Peter Yarrow. These two living legends — you know them for “Alice’s Restaurant” and “Puff, the Magic Dragon,” respectively — join forces for a double-bill concert benefiting the film. Catch the movie trailer in between sets.

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BARRE FARMERS MARKET: Crafters, bakers and farmers share their goods. Currier Park, Barre, 3-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, barrefarmersmarket@gmail. com. CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: Baked items, fresh produce, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. South Hero St. Rose of Lima Church, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, champlainislandsfarmersmkt@gmail.com. COMMUNITY SUPPER: A scrumptious spread connects friends and neighbors. Bring a dessert to share. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 5-5:45 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 300. NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: Pickles, meats, eggs, fruits, veggies, herbs and baked goods are a small sampling of the seasonal bounty. Causeway, Newport, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 274-8206. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: Local products — think produce, breads, pastries, cheeses, wines, syrups, jewelry, crafts and beauty supplies — draw shoppers to a diversified bazaar. Depot Park, Rutland, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 342-4727. WOODSTOCK MARKET ON THE GREEN: Homespun products and farm-fresh eats fill tables. Woodstock Village Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3555.

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BRIDGE CLUB: Strategic players have fun with the popular card game. Burlington Bridge Club, Williston, 9:15 a.m. & 1:30 p.m. $6. Info, 872-5722.

health & fitness

GENTLE TAI CHI: Madeleine Piat-Landolt guides students in a sequence of poses with an emphasis on relaxation and alignment. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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GENTLE YOGA: Students get their stretch on with Lynn Clauer of Sound & Soul Awakenings. Partial proceeds benefit the Williston Community Food Shelf. Isham Family Farm, Williston, 11 a.m.-noon. $10. Info, 922-0516. GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: Triathletes, Spartan racers and other fitness fanatics challenge themselves to complete Navy Seal exercises during an intense workout. Come in good shape. Private residence, Middlebury, 7-8 a.m. $8-12; for ages 16 and up. Info, 343-7160. HERBS & FOODS TO SUPPORT HYPOTHYROIDISM: Health coach Marie Frohlich steers students toward natural strategies for relieving fatigue, dry skin, depression, insomnia and other symptoms. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. $5-7; preregister. Info, info@ hungermountain.coop. INSIGHT MEDITATION: Attendees absorb Buddhist principles and practices. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 472-6694. INTRO & DEMO OF THE BODY TUNE-UP: USING APPLIED KINESIOLOGY: No experience is necessary to participate in a fitness method combining aspects of Hawaiian and Chinese medicine. Lotus Mountain Retreat, Bolton, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 434-6500. NIA WITH LINDA: Eclectic music and movements drawn from healing, martial and dance arts propel an animated barefoot workout. South End Studio, Burlington, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $14; free for first-timers. Info, 372-1721. PILATES: Active bodies utilize core strength, build body awareness, improve posture, gain stamina and alleviate pain with this innovative system of exercise. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:15-8:15 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: Folks in recovery and their families enrich mind, body and spirit in an all-levels class. All props are provided; wear loose clothing. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 10:3011:30 a.m. Free. Info, 861-3150.

RESTORATIVE GENTLE YOGA: Individuals with injuries or other challenges feel the benefits of a relaxing and nourishing practice. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $10. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com. SUNRISE YOGA: Participants of all levels enjoy slowing down, moving mindfully and breathing deeply while building strength and stamina on the mat. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT NURSING STUDENT VISITS: Presentations on different types of healthy lifestyles promote well-being. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: Hola! Language lovers perfect their fluency. KelloggHubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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‘THE CAMOUFLAGE CLOSET’ SCREENING & MEETUP: Footage filmed by LGBTQ veterans includes firsthand accounts of trauma and recovery in this 2013 short documentary. The Freight House, White River Junction, 7-9 p.m. $5; free for veterans. Info, 281-8108.

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VINYASA YOGA: Salutations, standing poses, seated poses, backbends and inversions are on the agenda in a class for all experience levels. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:45-6:45 p.m. $10. Info, 244-8134.

FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: Artists from across generations and continents converge in Montréal for 15 days of dance and theater shows. Various Montréal locations. $144-333 for packages; prices vary for individual shows. Info, 514-844-3822.

WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: Draw in the good vibrations of gongs, bowls and didgeridoos — a relaxing sonic massage to get you through the week. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. $15. Info, 510-697-7790.

ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: The world’s most offbeat performers convene for live music, theater performances and everything in between. See montrealfringe.ca for details. Various Montréal locations. Prices vary. Info, 514-849-3378.

YOGA NIDRA: THE YOGA OF DEEP RELAXATION: Savitri Devi Dasi leads students into a state of deep meditation, which brings profound calmness, quietness and relaxation. Bring a blanket and something comfortable to lie on. Cavendish Gallery, Burlington, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10-15. Info, 206-557-9850.

music

ZUMBA EXPRESS: A shortened version of this guided beat-driven workout gives students a much-needed midday surge of energy. Marketplace Fitness, Burlington, 11:30 a.m.-noon. $12; free for members and firsttimers. Info, 651-8773.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: DOM FLEMONS DUO: Percussive banjo playing pleases fans of the Carolina Chocolate Drops cofounder. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: Worldclass musicians pack Queen City venues in a celebration of the genre. See discoverjazz.com for details. Various downtown Burlington locations. Prices vary. Info, 863-7992 or 863-5966.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: KAMASI WASHINGTON: Described by National Public Radio as “changing the way people think about jazz,” the celebrated saxophonist wails on numbers from his forthcoming EP, Harmony of Difference. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $25-60. Info, 863-5966.

kids

DOROTHY’S LIST BOOK CLUB: Readers ages 8 through 11 express likes and dislikes about Tod Olson’s Lost in the Pacific, 1942. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. SEWING CLUB I & II: Needleand-thread neophytes stitch together new skills. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

DEOBRAT MISHRA: The celebrated player and composer RA plucks the strings of the sitar. All W ED IS H TM .7 | M US IC | D EO BR A Souls Interfaith Gathering, Shelburne, 7-9:30 p.m. $22. Info, 985-3819.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: Engrossing plots unfold into fun activities for tots ages 6 and younger. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 10-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. VERMONT PBS KIDS WRITING CONTEST: STORY TIME PARTY: Local contestants read original narratives aloud in a celebratory atmosphere. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. YOGA FOR KIDS: Yogis ages 2 through 5 strike a pose to explore breathing exercises and relaxation techniques. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 1111:30 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

language

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Students build a foundation in reading, speaking and writing. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. GERMAN CONVERSATION GROUP: Community members practice conversing auf Deutsch. Local History Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211. INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Pupils improve their speaking and grammar mastery. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: Learners take communication to the next level. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 865-7211.

IKE WILLIS & WE USED TO CUT THE GRASS: Backed by a ten-piece brass band, the soulful singer wails on guitar. The Ithaca Bottom Boys and Rick Redington & the Luv open. West Rutland Town Hall Theater, 6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 438-2263.

outdoors

FORMAL GARDEN STROLL: Visitors move at their own pace while exploring breathtaking blossoms. Shelburne Farms, 1-3 p.m. $10. Info, 985-8686.

seminars

AWAKENING THE HEART OF COMPASSION: A MEDITATION PRACTICE & STUDY PROGRAM: Those looking to live with wisdom and courage can join this ongoing facilitated program at any time. Wellspring Mental Health and Wellness Center, Hardwick, 5:30-7 p.m. Donations. Info, wellspringinsight@gmail.com. LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S: Professionals share strategies for safe, effective and comfortable care. University of Vermont Medical Center Memory Program, Colchester, 5-7 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 800-272-3900. YOU ARE A SOUL SONG: Guided meditation and the Emotional Freedom Technique are some of the tools used by Donna Dia Lowre in this workshop aimed at helping women find their authentic selves. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

sports

WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: Players dribble up and down the court during an evening of friendly competition. Appletree Park, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com. Info, carmengeorgevt@gmail.com.

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ANNELISE ORLECK: The labor historian orates the origin of an antipoverty program run by poor mothers in the 1970s. Ilsley Public Library, Middlebury, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 388-4095. BILL LADABOUCHE: The former teacher gets race fans fired up with “The History of Catamount Stadium.” Community Room, Milton Town Offices, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2598. DEREK BOOTHBY: The former director of the United Nations Department of Political Affairs considers how settlers’ determination to create a unique society has fared over time in “American Exceptionalism Revisited.” Goodrich Memorial Library, Newport, 7-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 334-7902. ‘UNDERWATER ARCHAEOLOGY: THE BASIN HARBOR PROJECT’: Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Maritime Research Institute archaeologists and field school students dive into their findings from an underwater shipwreck expedition. Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, Vergennes, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 475-2022.

tech

OPEN HOUSE: Hourlong sessions at the center for information technology networks, training and support cover topics such as process management, ransomware and staff development. Vermont Panurgy, South Burlington, 8 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 800-974-1115. TECH HELP WITH CLIF: Electronics novices develop skill sets applicable to smartphones, tablets and other gadgets. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, noon & 1 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6955.

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‘THE CRUCIBLE’ AUDITIONS: Thespians throw their hats into the ring for roles in the Middlebury Community Players’ production of Arthur Miller’s retelling of the Salem witch trials. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, redfloatboat@gmail. com. ‘TYPHOON OF TENDERNESS’: Actor, writer and storyteller Dennis McSorley delivers a one-man show that traces a life from success to darkness and despair. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $15. Info, 540-0406.

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BOOK SALE: Thousands of gently used titles, CDs, DVDs and puzzles find new homes. Rutland Free Library, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 773-1860. BREAD LOAF ORION ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: Professional wordsmiths converse on their craft. See middlebury.edu for details. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton. Free. Info, 443-5286. BREAD LOAF TRANSLATORS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: Linguists cross language barriers in this public event series featuring prestigious writers. See middlebury.edu for details. Bread Loaf Campus, Ripton. Free. Info, 443-5286. SUMMER BOOK SALE: Bookworms add new titles to their personal libraries. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 10 a.m.-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. WEDNESDAY EVENING BOOK CLUB: Avid readers exchange ideas and opinions about A Man Called Ove by Fredrik Backman. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6:45-7:45 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. WEDNESDAY WORKSHOP: Lit lovers analyze works in progress penned by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. WRITING CIRCLE: Prompts lead into a 30-minute free write and sharing opportunities without judgment. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 888-492-8218, ext. 303.

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COCOA CAMPAIGN PRESENTATION: A conversation delves into the dark side of the chocolate industry. Arrive at 10:30 a.m. to participate in a PJC New Volunteer Orientation. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 863-2345. MOTHER UP! MONTHLY MEET-UP: Families discuss the realities of climate change and what that means on a local level. A vegetarian meal and childcare are provided. First Unitarian Universalist Society, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 999-2820. WOMEN’S INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE & FREEDOM MEETING: Socially conscious ladies convene to discuss upcoming programs and community-related topics. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-4929.

art

OPEN STUDIO: Friends new and old convene for a creative session. Expressive Arts Burlington, 12:302:30 p.m. $15. Info, 343-8172.

bazaars

NEWBERRY MARKET: Shoppers browse specialty foods, clothing, pottery, décor, collectibles and more at a weekly indoor bazaar. Newberry Market, White River Junction, 11 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 299-0212.

community

COMMUNITY DISCUSSION: Area residents chew the fat over the values of space and community growth. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, 12:30-1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 888-4928218, ext. 303.

dance

FOR REAL WOMEN SERIES WITH BELINDA: GIT UR FREAK ON: R&B and calypso-dancehall music is the soundtrack to an empowering sensual dance session aimed at confronting body shaming. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 5:30-7 p.m. $15. Info, bestirredfitness@gmail.com. SWING DANCE: Beginners work their brains and bodies in an easy-to-follow class. A post-lesson practice session keeps dancers on their toes. Vergennes Opera House, class, 6:30-7:30 p.m.; practice session, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 475-2349.

MEGAN EPLER WOOD: The author of Sustainable Tourism on a Finite Planet: Environmental, Business and Policy Solutions discusses the investment strategies required to protect global resources in the tourism sector. Memorial Lounge, Waterman Building, University of Vermont, Burlington, 7-8:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, vcwa@vermont.org.

DANCE, PAINT, WRITE: DROP-IN: Teens and adults create, connect, heal and grow through self-guided movement and art set to music. Expressive Arts Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. $20; free for first-timers. Info, 343-8172.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.7. POSTNATAL SELF-EMPOWERMENT: Mothers and babes-in-arms circle up for a reflective session centered on embracing one’s self and family amid the chaos of daily life. Prenatal Method Studio, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $10-20. Info, 829-0211.

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‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

COOKING THE BOOKS: Foodies bring themed dishes to a discussion of In a Vermont Kitchen: Foods Fresh From Farms, Forests and Orchards by Amy Lyon and Lynne Andreen. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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COOKING WITH GLADYS: Foodies whip up delicious dishes with guidance from a kitchen whiz. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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JERICHO FARMERS MARKET: Passersby graze through veggies, pasture-raised meats, coffee and handmade crafts. Mills Riverside Park, Jericho, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, jerichofarmersmarket@gmail.com. MILTON FARMERS MARKET: Fresh finds woo seekers of produce, eggs, meat and maple syrup. Hannaford Supermarket, Milton, 3:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 893-1009. ROYALTON FARMERS MARKET: A cornucopia of farm-fresh fare catches shoppers’ eyes. South Royalton Town Green, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 763-8302.

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CHITTENDEN COUNTY CHESS CLUB: Checkmate! Strategic thinkers make calculated moves as they vie for their opponents’ kings. Faith United Methodist Church, South Burlington, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 324-1143. POKÉMON LEAGUE: I choose you, Pikachu! Players of the trading-card game earn weekly and monthly prizes in a fun, friendly environment where newbies can be coached by league leaders. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0498.

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We offer the lowest cost per credit of any college or university in the state.

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: Students get a feel for the ancient Chinese practice. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. CHAIR YOGA: Yogis limber up with modified poses. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 316-1510. COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS: A 20-minute guided practice with Andrea O’Connor alleviates stress and tension. Tea and a discussion follow. Winooski Senior Center, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 233-1161.

Credits from all of our 900 courses transfer to schools throughout Vermont and the country.

CORNWALL FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Interval training helps participants improve strength, agility, endurance and cardiovascular fitness. Cornwall Town Hall, 9-10 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. FORZA: THE SAMURAI SWORD WORKOUT: Students sculpt lean muscles and gain mental focus when using wooden replicas of the weapon. North End Studio A, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $10. Info, 578-9243.

Our 12 centers are located within 25 miles of most Vermonters’ homes. We’re also online.

KARMA KLASS: DONATION-BASED YOGA FOR A CAUSE: Active bodies hit the mat to support local nonprofits. The Wellness Collective, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. Donations. Info, 540-0186.

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MINDFULNESS MEDITATION: A peaceful, guided meditation helps participants achieve a sense of stability and calm. The Pathways Vermont Community Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 777-8602. YOGA: A Sangha Studio instructor guides students who are in recovery toward achieving inner tranquility. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 5-6 p.m. Free. Info, 448-4262. THU.8

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FEAST & FIELD MARKET: Locally grown produce and jazzy notes from Eugene Uman’s Convergence Quartet are on the menu at a pastoral party. Clark Farm, Barnard, market, 4:30-7:30 p.m.; concert, 5:30-8 p.m. Donations. Info, 234-1645.

‘ACROSS THE UNIVERSE’: A pair of star-crossed lovers played by Evan Rachel Wood and Jim Sturgess must beat the odds to find their way back to each other amid a backdrop of the turbulent 1960s. Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-9:45 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3981.

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YOGA PILATES THERAPY: A class for beginners is tailored to suit the needs of students looking to improve their posture and overall well-being. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8:30-9:30 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

kids

BABY & TODDLER PLAYGROUP: Parents connect while kids ages 3 and younger enjoy toys, stories, challah and juice. Social Hall, Ohavi Zedek Synagogue, Burlington, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, grace@ohavizedek.org. LEGO CLUB: Brightly colored interlocking blocks inspire developing minds. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. MAKING SLIME: Science rules when kiddos in grades K and up concoct goopy gunk. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3-4 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. PJ STORY HOUR: Little ones dress for bed and wind down with tales and treats. Fairfax Community Library, 6-7 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. UKULELE KIDS!: Musical munchkins play instruments and dance to favorite children’s songs. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11:15 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216.

language

BEGINNER-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Basic communication skills are on the agenda at a guided lesson. Private residence, Burlington, 6 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: FRENCH: Bag lunches in hand, attendees brush up on their linguistic abilities. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338.

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FESTIVAL TRANSAMÉRIQUES 2017: See WED.7. ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.7.

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ARLO GUTHRIE & PETE YARROW: Two legendary folksters break out their guitars to benefit the Vermont-made film The Resurrection of Victor Jara. See calendar spotlight. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $10-60. Info, 476-8188. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.7. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: JANE BUNNETT AND MAQUEQUE: Soprano sax sounds anchor this all-female septet. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 8 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE: Music lovers can’t help but move to a volcanic fusion of funk, rock and hop-hop. New Breed Brass Band and BLAKDENIM open. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 6 p.m. $40.50. Info, 863-5966. DEOBRAT MISHRA: See WED.7, Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 7-9:30 p.m. $20-23. Info, 498-5966. A LIVE AT ARTSRIOT RECORDING WITH RYAN MILLER & HENRY JAMISON: Vermont Symphony Orchestra string players perform alongside the Burlington singer-songwriters. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 540-0406. OPEN MIC NIGHT: A relaxed and supportive atmosphere allows aspiring performers ages 16 and up to debut their musical talents. ArtisTree Community Arts Center & Gallery, South Pomfret, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 457-3500. ROOTS ON THE RIVER FESTIVAL: A kickoff party gives way to three days of rising rhythms featuring the musical minds of Hayes Carll, Bill Kirchen, Ian Foster and the Boxcar Lilies. Various Bellows Falls locations, 8 p.m. $30-135. Info, 460-3333. SONGWRITING WORKSHOP: Seth Cronin guides Burlington Writers Workshop musicians and singers in structuring original strains. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

sports

ADULT RACING LEAGUES: Paddlers unleash their inner competitor in a five-week dragon-boat racing tournament. No experience required. Community Sailing Center, Burlington, 6 p.m. $75. Info, 999-1634.

talks

HOT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LECTURE SERIES: Yvonne Scannell of law firm Arthur Cox shares her expertise in “Human Rights and the Environment in the E.U.: The Evolution of a Right to Environmental Protection.” Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1371.

tech

TECH SUPPORT: Need an email account? Want to enjoy ebooks? Bring your phone, tablet or laptop to a weekly help session. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 748-8291, ext. 302.

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agriculture

HEATHER MCCARGO: Green thumbs get the dirt on native-seed sowing and outdoor propagation techniques from the founder and director of the Wild Seed Project. Philo Ridge Farm, Charlotte, 7:30-8:30 p.m. $5-10. Info, 539-2912.

community

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: Senior citizens and their guests catch up over a shared meal. Montpelier Senior Activity Center, noon-1 p.m. $7-9; preregister. Info, 262-6288.

conferences

NORTH COUNTRY REGIONAL CENTER FOR AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS SPRING CONFERENCE: “Programming for Adolescents and Young Adults with Autism: Targeting Skills for Adult Life in the Community” guides a half-day presentation on effective transition planning. West Side Ballroom, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 8 a.m. $15. Info, 518-564-3054.

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‘IL TRITTICO’: Professional singers and the Opera Company of Middlebury Orchestra stage Puccini’s collection of three one-act operas. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 7:30 p.m. $55-80. Info, 382-9222.

MAGGIE’S FIBER FRIDAY FOR ADULTS: Veteran knitter Maggie Loftus facilitates an informal gathering of crafters. Main Reading Room, Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 6maggie2@ myfairpoint.net.

‘INTO THE WOODS’: Classic Grimm characters get entangled in the dance darker side of fairy tales in Lost Nation Theater’s stagVU BALLROOM & LATIN DANCING: E R FR S I.9 ing of Stephen Sondheim’s Tony Learn new moves with Ballroom AS |M GR US I L UE C | BAN Award-winning musical. Lost Nation Nights, then join others in a dance J O D A N’S B Theater, Montpelier, 7:30 p.m. $10-35. Info, social featuring the waltz, tango and more. 229-0492. Singles, couples and beginners are welcome. Williston Jazzercise Fitness Center, lesson, 7-8 NATIONAL THEATRE LIVE: ‘WHO’S AFRAID OF p.m.; dance social, 8-9:30 p.m. $10-14; $8 for dance VIRGINIA WOOLF?’: Sonia Friedman Productions only. Info, 862-2269. presents a broadcast staging of Edward Albee’s dramatic examination of a middle-aged married ECSTATIC DANCE VERMONT: Jubilant motions with couple. Catamount Arts Center, St. Johnsbury, 7 the Green Mountain Druid Order inspire divine conp.m. $16-25. Info, 748-2600. nections. Christ Episcopal Church, Montpelier, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 505-8011. SPRING OPEN ARTISTS SHOWCASE WEEK 2: A double bill of new works by area theater artetc. ists spotlights The Allegory of Flowing Water by Martin Gil and Outpost, a solo performance by CCTV PARTY: Revelers celebrate free speech, local Meredith Gordon. Off Center for the Dramatic Arts, democracy and the full moon with light fare and Burlington, 7:30-10 p.m. $8-12. Info, theoffcenter@ a cash bar. BCA Center, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free; gmail.com. preregister. Info, 862-3966, ext. 16. ‘THE TARNATION OF RUSSELL COLVIN’: Local GUIDED TOURS: See WED.7. history comes alive in a one-man play based on MONTHLY WOMEN’S SHARING CIRCLE: Those who Manchester’s own unsolved murder of 1812 and identify as female gather to laugh, cry and connect presented by the Dorset Theatre Festival. Dorset on a spiritual level. Essex Hub for Women & Business, Playhouse, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $8-20. Info, 867-2223. 6:30-8 p.m. $10. Info, mindfuleuphoria@gmail.com. E

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BREAD LOAF ORION ENVIRONMENTAL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See WED.7. BREAD LOAF TRANSLATORS’ CONFERENCE LECTURES & READINGS: See WED.7. NONFICTION BOOK GROUP: Readers connect to text during a discussion of A Country Year: Living the Questions by Sue Hubbell. Fairfax Community Library, 6:30-8 p.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. PHILIP BARUTH: Nonfiction fans open their ears for passages from the University of Vermont professor’s biography of Patrick Leahy titled Senator Leahy: A Life in Scenes. Phoenix Books Rutland, 6:30 p.m. Free. Info, 855-8078. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.7.

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PEACE VIGIL: Friends and neighbors come together, bringing along their signs and their hearts. Top of Church St., Burlington, 5-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 899-1731.

fairs & festivals

ONION RIVER MUSIC CAMPOUT: Tauk, the Nth Power and Zion I are among the performers at a two-day family-friendly fest featuring vendors, kids activities and camping. See calendar spotlight. Onion River Campground, Plainfield, 4 p.m. $30-50; free for kids 10 and under. Info, 863-5966.

film

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.7. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.7. SCOUT FILM FESTIVAL: Film buffs celebrate emerging media makers with screenings, live music and opportunities to meet and greet with industry experts. See scoutfilmfestival.org for details. Various Stowe locations. $15-70. Info, info@ scoutfilmfestival.org.

Woodstock Town Hall Theatre, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $8-9. Info, 457-3981.

food & drink

BACK DECK OPENING PARTY: Customers kick off the summer season with cocktails, eats from Mary’s at Baldwin Creek and ice cream sandwiches from Lu Lu. Stonecutter Spirits, Middlebury, 5-9 p.m. Free. Info, sas@stonecutterspirits.com. BENEFIT BAKE: Pizza lovers dine on slices to support the Vermont Youth Conservation Corps. Partial proceeds from each flatbread sold are donated. American Flatbread Waitsfield Hearth, 5-9:30 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 434-3969. BRANDON FARMERS MARKET: More than 50 local famers, specialty food producers and artisans offer up their goods. Central Park, Brandon, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 802 273-2655. CHELSEA FARMERS MARKET: A long-standing town-green tradition supplies shoppers with eggs, cheese, vegetables and fine crafts. North Common, Chelsea, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, 299-1280. GREATER FALLS FARMERS MARKET: Locals break out their shopping bags for fresh veggies, baked goods, salsa, hot sauce and relish. Hetty Green Park, Bellows Falls, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, greaterfallsmarket@gmail.com. HARTLAND FARMERS MARKET: Strollers snag scrumptious morsels and eye-catching crafts. Hartland Public Library, 4-7 p.m. Free. Info, hartlandfarmersmarket@gmail.com. LYNDON FARMERS MARKET: Vendors proffer a rotation of fresh veggies, meats, cheeses and more. Bandstand Park, Lyndonville, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, lyndonfarmersmarket@gmail.com. RICHMOND FARMERS MARKET: An open-air marketplace connects cultivators and fresh-food browsers. Volunteers Green, Richmond, 3-7 p.m. Free. Info, 391-0806. STRAWBERRY PICKING: Folks travel together to Sam Mazza’s Farm Market, Bakery and Greenhouses to gather ripe red fruit. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3585. SUN TO CHEESE TOUR: Fromage fanatics go behind the scenes and follow award-winning farmhouse cheddar from raw milk to finished product. Shelburne Farms, 1:45-3:45 p.m. $18 includes a block of cheddar. Info, 985-8686. TRUCK STOP: Mobile kitchens dish out mouthwatering meals and libations. Live music and a full bar add to the fun. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 5-10 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 540-0406.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7, 9:15 a.m.

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ACUDETOX: Attendees in recovery undergo acupuncture to the ear to propel detoxification. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 3 p.m. Free. Info, 861-3150. ADVANCED TAI CHI CLASS: Folks keep active with a sequence of slow, controlled movements. Twin Valley Senior Center, East Montpelier, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3322. ARM BALANCES & INVERSION WORKSHOP: Brittany Fair and Phil England guide an upper body- and core-focused flow before breaking down specific poses. Sangha Studio — Pine, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $14-18. Info, 448-4262. FITNESS FLOW YOGA: All types of athletes can build strength, increase flexibility and prevent injuries with a moderate-to-vigorous vinyasa flow. Colchester Health & Fitness, 5:30-6:30 p.m. $15; free for members. Info, 860-1010.

‘THE SON OF DR. JEKYLL’ & ‘STAR TREK: JOURNEY TO BABEL’: A special pre-Father’s Day screening offers up two different perspectives on patriarchal influence. Newman Center, Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Donations. Info, serious_61@yahoo.com.

FREESTYLE DANCE FITNESS: Jumps, flips, spins, kicks and squats set to high-energy music help students shake awake their chi. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 6-7 p.m. $14. Info, railyardyoga@ gmail.com.

WEEKEND MOVIE: ‘NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER’: Richard Gere stars as small-time consultant who befriends a young politician in this 2016 drama.

GUIDED PARTNER THAI YOGA BODYWORK: Lori Flower of Karmic Connection teaches techniques for relaxation and rejuvenation. Community Room,

Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7 p.m. $8-10; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

Hopkins Center for the Arts, Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H., 9:30 p.m. $11-19. Info, 603-646-2422.

KETTLEBELL TRAINING GROUPS: Certified instructor Abdul Mujib teaches students all they need to know to feel comfortable with the ballshaped strength-building weight. Perkins Fitness Consulting and Personal Training Studio, South Burlington, noon-1 p.m. $15; preregister; limited space. Info, 438-1017.

RED HOT JUBA: Countrified jazz and Green Mountain swing get toes tapping. No pets, please. Lincoln Peak Vineyard, New Haven, doors open for picnicking, 5:30 p.m., concert, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 388-7368.

QI GONG: Those ages 65 and up are the priority in a beginner-level class complete with seated modifications. Waterbury Public Library, 11-11:30 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 244-7036. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.7. SUMMER GLOW: Upbeat music and lively instructors keep the energy high during a glow-in-thedark Zumba party. Hammer Fit Athletic Club, Essex Junction, 6:30-8 p.m. $12-15. Info, 793-2286, www. hammerfit.com. TAI CHI: Instructor Shaina shares the fundamentals of Yang Style, including standing and moving postures. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

kids

ACORN CLUB STORY TIME: Little ones up to age 4 gather for read-aloud tales. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 748-8291. BIG & MESSY — ART SPACE: Process, not product, is the focus of this parent-child creative session with open-ended art stations. River Arts, Morrisville, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 888-1261. DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Imaginative gamers exercise their problem-solving skills in battles and adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:308:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-6956. FAMILY MUSIC TIME: Kids and caregivers lift their voices for an all-ages sing-along. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. LIVE ACTION ROLE-PLAYING: Gamers in middle and high school take on alter egos for mythical adventures. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 3:305 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6956. PLAY GROUP: Crafts and snacks amuse young’uns up to age 5. Doty Memorial Elementary School, Worcester, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, moonsong148@ hotmail.com.

STORY TIME: Babies, toddlers and preschoolers drop in for books, rhymes, songs and activities. Winooski Memorial Library, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 655-6424.

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ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See WED.7.

BANJO DAN’S BLUEGRASS REVUE: An evening of stellar picking and singing highlights the talents of Bob Amos & Catamount Crossing and the Sky Blue Boys with Carrie Cook. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30 p.m. $20. Info, 873-3022. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.7.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: VICTOR LEWIS: Local players Will Sellenraad, Ray Vega and Robinson Morse band together with the virtuosic drummer to highlight the Queen City’s jazz chops. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 10 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966.

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TECH TUTOR: Techies answer questions about computers and devices during one-on-one help sessions. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 4-6 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-4918.

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‘INTO THE WOODS’: See THU.8. SPRING OPEN ARTISTS SHOWCASE WEEK 2: See THU.8, 7:30-10 p.m. ‘THE TARNATION OF RUSSELL COLVIN’: See THU.8, 10 a.m. & 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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AGE OUT LOUD: Comedic stories told in the style of the “Moth” touch on topics of families and growing old. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $30. Info, 476-8188.

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FRIDAY MORNING WORKSHOP: Wordsmiths offer constructive criticism on works-in-progress by Burlington Writers Workshop members. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 10:30 a.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.7, 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m.

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LGBTQIA SOLIDARITY MARCH FOR EQUALITY ON MONTPELIER: Activists make strides toward equality with a procession to the Vermont Statehouse lawn where a rally awaits. Parking lot, State of Vermont Department of Labor, Montpelier, convene, 10 a.m., march, 10:30 a.m.; rally, 11 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Free. Info, vtlgbtq@gmail.com.

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SWEET POTATO SLIP SALE: Gardeners stock up on the nutrient-rich, red-skinned tubers. Proceeds benefit the Vermont Community Garden Network. Red Wagon Plants, Hinesburg, 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Free. Info, 861-4769.

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INTRO TO FAIRY & DEMON DRAWING: Artist Emily Anderson shares her pen-and-paper technique for banishing personal demons and celebrating uplifting thoughts. Milton Art Center & Gallery, 1-3 p.m. $2025; preregister. Info, castlegarden_vt@yahoo.com.

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FLEA MARKET: An eclectic mix of used items vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. Farr’s Field, Waterbury, 7 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, 882-1919.

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DARTMOUTH COLLEGE GLEE CLUB COMMENCEMENT CONCERT: Led by Louis Burkot, choral singers perform selections from a repertory spanning four centuries. Spaulding Auditorium,

FORESTERS FOR THE BIRDS ANNUAL TOUR: A program for foresters and natural resource managers details progress made on a project aimed at integrating timber and songbird habitat management practices. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 8:30 a.m.-noon. $10. Info, 233-0332.

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BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: DIANA KRALL: Sultry and smooth stylings by the topselling female jazz artist of the past 30 years find eager ears. Flynn MainStage, Burlington, 8 p.m. $50-100. Info, 863-5966.

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SHAMANIC DRUM CIRCLE: Open-minded participants follow the vibration of the drum to discover their spiritual selves. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 1-3 p.m. $5; preregister; limited space. Info, 775-8080.

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SONGS & STORIES WITH MATTHEW: Matthew Witten helps children start the day with tunes and tales of adventure. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 10-10:45 a.m. Free. Info, 878-6956.

ROOTS ON THE RIVER FESTIVAL: See THU.8, noon.

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BURLINGTON FARMERS MARKET: Dozens of stands overflow with seasonal produce, flowers, artisan wares and prepared foods. Burlington City Hall Park, 8:30 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, burlingtonfarmersmarket.org@gmail.com. CAPITAL CITY FARMERS MARKET: Meats and cheeses join farm-fresh produce, baked goods, and locally made arts and crafts. 60 State Street, Montpelier, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 793-8347. CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: Baked items, fresh produce, meats and eggs sustain seekers of local goods. Grand Isle St. Joseph’s Church, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, champlainislandsfarmersmkt@gmail.com. CHICKEN & BISCUITS SUPPER: A buffet-style supper also includes stuffing, vegetables, rolls and dessert. Takeout is available. Vergennes United Methodist Church, 5-6:30 p.m. $5-9. Info, 877-3150.

CHOCOLATE TASTING: With the help of a tasting guide, chocoholics of all ages discover the flavor profiles of four different confections. Lake Champlain Chocolates Factory Store & Café, Burlington, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Free. Info, 864-1807.

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PEONY TEA: House tours, lawn games, sweet and savory nibbles, and a complimentary beverage make for a delightful afternoon among the blooms that festoon the museum grounds. Brick House, Shelburne Museum, 4-6 p.m. $35-50; limited space. Info, 985-3346, ext. 3145.

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LEGAL CLINIC: Attorneys offer complementary consultations on a first-come, first-served basis. Legal Services Law Line of Vermont, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 383-2118.

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WEEKEND MOVIE: ‘NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER’: See FRI.9.

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DOG WASH: Pooches get sudsed up to support pet food and medical programs. TD Bank, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.noon. Donations. Info, 879-0898.

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DOG MOUNTAIN FOUNDERS CELEBRATION DOG PARTY: Canines and their human companions celebrate the lives of founders Stephen and Gwen Huneck with live music, games and barbecue fare. Dog Mountain, St. Johnsbury, noon-4 p.m. Free. Info, contact@dogmt.com.

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50TH ANNIVERSARY GALA & SENIOR PROM: Dinner, dancing, a cash bar, a silent auction, a photo booth and an appearance by Senator Patric Leahy make for an epic party honoring the Montpelier Senior Activity Center. Capitol Plaza Hotel & Conference Center, Montpelier, 5-10:30 p.m. $20-50. Info, 223-2518.

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WHAT WORKED WELL FOR FRENCH TEACHERS: French-language educators at all grade levels share tips and ideas to implement in the classroom. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m.12:15 p.m. Free. Info, baptiste@delvalle.fr.

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SUGARBUSH BREW-GRASS FESTIVAL: Craft suds from more than 20 local fermenters, live jams and tasty treats help beer lovers kick off the summer. Sugarbush Resort, Warren, 2-6 p.m. $12-40; preregister; for ages 21 and up. Info, 583-6300.

RHYTHM OF THE REIN REUNION: Former riders and volunteers and those who are curious about the therapeutic equine program socialize in a pastoral setting. Water Tower Farm, Marshfield, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 426-3781. SEASON OPENING COMMUNITY POT LUCK SUPPER & MUSIC: Neighbors rub elbows over homemade eats, kids’ activities and live tunes by Bear Mountain Jammers. Bring a dish to share. Brookfield Old Town Hall, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 276-3181. SILENT AUCTION & COMMUNITY LUNCH: A midday meal fuels bidders who vie for a wide array of items to support pet food and medical programs. Essex Memorial Hall, noon-1 p.m. Donations. Info, 879-0898.

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‘SLEEPING BEAUTY’: Miss Vermont’s 2016 Outstanding Teen Alexandra Diehl dances the role of Princess Aurora in a Northern Vermont Ballet Company production. Dibden Center for the Arts, Johnson State College, 7-8:30 p.m. $15-20. Info, 855-222-2849.

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‘MOTHER EARTH NEWS’ FAIR: Leaders in renewable energy, gardening, green building, natural health and other topics head up hands-on demos and workshops at this family-oriented fest. See calendar spotlight. Champlain Valley Exposition, Essex Junction, 9 a.m.-6 p.m. $10-40; free for kids 17 and under. Info, 800-234-3368.

SECOND SATURDAY SWING DANCE: Quick-footed participants get into the groove with DJ-spun songs. Bring clean shoes with non-marking soles. Champlain Club, Burlington, beginner lesson, 8 p.m.; dance, 8:30 p.m. $5. Info, 864-8382.

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WORLDWIDE KNIT-IN-PUBLIC DAY: Fiber fanatics work on current projects while surrounded by fellow yarn enthusiasts. The grills will be going — bring a side dish to share. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0068.

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EARTHWALK WORKSHOP: WILD EDIBLES: Gatherers scour the forests for untamed eats with EarthWalk Vermont mentor Yard Salei. Goddard College, Plainfield, 1-4 p.m. $10-25; preregister. Info, 454-8500. FERMENT IT! EASY FERMENT HOT SAUCES, DRESSINGS & DIPS: Foodies follow their gut to a culinary class complete with tips and tricks for integrating ferments into favorite condiments. O’Brien Community Center, Winooski, 3:30-4:45 p.m. $10. Info, candace@conscioushomestead.com. MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: Crafts, cheeses, breads, veggies and more vie for spots in shoppers’ totes. VFW Post 7823, Middlebury, 9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, middleburyfarmersmkt@yahoo.com. NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7. NORTHWEST FARMERS MARKET: Locavores stock up on produce, preserves, baked goods, ethnic foods, and arts and crafts. Taylor Park, St. Albans, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, alavista@myfairpoint.net. NORWICH FARMERS MARKET: Neighbors discover fruits, veggies and other riches of the land offered alongside baked goods, crafts and live entertainment. Route 5, Norwich, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 384-7447.

LIST YOUR EVENT FOR FREE AT SEVENDAYSVT.COM/POSTEVENT RANDOLPH FARMERS MARKET: Locavores support area purveyors who proffer seasonal foodstuffs and arts and crafts. Gifford Green, Gifford Medical Center, Randolph, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, randfarmmarket@yahoo.com.

THE SKY WRITING GROUP: Creative storytelling supports health and community cohesion in a critique-free environment. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, liz@ pridecentervt.org.

SHELBURNE FARMERS MARKET: Harvested fruits and greens, artisan cheeses, and local novelties grace outdoor tables. Shelburne Town Center, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, 482-4279.

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ST. JOHNSBURY FARMERS MARKET: Growers and crafters gather weekly at booths centered on local eats. Anthony’s Diner, St. Johnsbury, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, cfmamanager@gmail.com.

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VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7, 9 a.m.-2 p.m.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT: Beat-heavy works by the hip-hop trailblazers tackle hard-hitting social issues. Waterfront Park, Burlington, 6 p.m. $35. Info, 863-5966.

WAITSFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A bustling bazaar boasts seasonal produce, prepared foods, artisan crafts and live entertainment. Mad River Green, Waitsfield, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. Free. Info, waitsfieldmarketmanager@gmail.com. WINDSOR FARMERS MARKET: Locavores go wild for fruits, veggies, maple syrup, honey, eggs, meats, crafts and more. 51 Main St., Windsor, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, 359-2551.

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BACKYARD BOOT CAMP: Ma’am, yes, ma’am! Exercise expert Ginger Lambert guides active bodies in an interval-style workout to build strength and cardiovascular fitness. Private residence, Middlebury, 8-9 a.m. $12. Info, 343-7160. ESSENTIAL OILS: NATURES’S GIFT: Questions such as “How do you decide which oils can help support wellness?” guide a presentation by Rita of Vermont Essential Oils Lifestyle. Michael’s, South Burlington, 3:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, vermontessentialoilslifestyle@gmail.com. R.I.P.P.E.D.: Resistance, intervals, power, plyometrics, endurance and diet define this high-intensity physical-fitness program. North End Studio A, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. $10. Info, 578-9243. YIN YOGA: Students hold poses for several minutes to give connective tissues a good stretch. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 8-9:15 a.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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GRAND ISLE FAMILY FISHING FESTIVAL: Aspiring anglers snag trout in the hatchery pond and learn about the popular pastime with the Vermont Fish & Wildlife Department. Ed Weed Fish Culture Station, Grand Isle, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 372-3171.

SATURDAY DROP-IN STORY TIME: A weekly selection of songs and story lines engages all ages. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. WHOLE-BOOK APPROACH STORY TIME: Tots learn how words, pictures and book design work together to complete a narrative. Phoenix Books Essex, 11 a.m. Free. Info, 872-7111.

LUNCH CONVERSATION GROUP: ‘LE DEUXIÈME SAMEDI’: French-language speakers chat and chew in a casual atmosphere. La Villa Bistro & Pizzeria, Shelburne, noon-2 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, michelineatremblay@gmail.com.

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DEOBRAT MISHRA: See WED.7, farm-to-table Indian fare tops off the evening. Golden Well Farm and Apiaries, New Haven, 6-9:30 p.m. $15-35. Info, 870-0361.

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DREAM CASSETTE: Juno Award winners Joel Miller and Sienna Dahlen integrate sounds of bluegrass, rock and roll, folk, and jazz. Haskell Free Library & Opera House, Derby Line, 7:30-10 p.m. $15. Info, 873-3022, ext. 205. GIRLS, GUNS AND GLORY: A musical tribute to Hank Williams by the Boston-based band gets boots tapping. Barre Opera House, 7:30 p.m. $26. Info, 476-8188. GUITAR OPEN MIKE: Instrumentalists test their talents onstage. Pickering Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-5792. GYPSY REEL: The longtime local band taps into Celtic traditions for a high-energy concert. Brandon Music, 7:30 p.m. $20; $45 includes dinner; preregister. Info, 247-4295.

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RELAXING GROUP SOUND SESSION: Vibrations from drums, chimes, rattles and singing bowls carry negative energy away. Pyramid Holistic Wellness Center, Rutland, 3:30-4:30 p.m. $15. Info, 775-8080.

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ROCK IT & SUPPORT A GREAT CAUSE: Second Wife and the Shugarmakers fill the venue’s upper floor with delightful sounds to raise funds for Exit 4 Open Space. Chandler Music Hall, Randolph, 6:30-9 p.m. $20. Info, 417-4501.

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ROOTS ON THE RIVER FESTIVAL: See THU.8, noon. STARLINE RHYTHM BOYS: The guys channel the Texas honky-tonks of the 1940s and ’50s through spirited country and juke-joint sounds as part of the Summer Evenings With Vermont Treasures music series. Meeting House on the Green, East Fairfield, 7-9 p.m. $10. Info, 827-6626.

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FOREST ECOLOGY WALK: A woodland excursion marks the Vermont Land Trust’s 40th birthday. Old Pepper Place Nature Reserve, Washington, 10 a.m.noon. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, info@ vinsweb.org.

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WATERBURY BIRD WALK: Fledgeling birders and longtime enthusiasts alike scan their surroundings for winged wonders. Waterworks Property, Waterbury, 7:30-9:30 a.m. Free; preregister; limited space. Info, 233-0332.

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SASS: A MONTHLY QUEER SOCIAL & DANCE PARTY: DJ sets propel a beat-driven bash where folks of all identities can let loose in a safe space. Higher Ground Showcase Lounge, South Burlington, 9 a.m. $5-10; for ages 18 and up. Info, 877-987-6487.

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BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: TERENCE BLANCHARD: Together with his quintet the E-Collective, the Grammy Award-winning trumpeter draws inspiration from the likes of Prince and Weather Report for his groove-focused numbers. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7 & 9 p.m. $40. Info, 863-5966.

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LEDA SCHUBERT BOOK LAUNCH PARTY: Little lit lovers help the author fête her new picture book Listen: How Pete Seeger Got America Singing with a sing-along, a reading and a signing. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Free. Info, 229-0774.

BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.7.

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GRACE EXPLORATION PLACE FOR CHILDREN: A pancake breakfast prepares pupils for Biblethemed stories, songs, crafts and games. Grace United Methodist Church, Essex Junction, 8:3010:30 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 878-8071.

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CHAMP RIDE FOR HIV PREVENTION: Cyclists pedal various distances to raise money for Vermont Caresâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; mobile HIV testing van. See calendar spotlight. Oakledge Park, Burlington, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. $40. Info, 863-2437. RAM OPEN SERIES: Anglers cast a line in hopes of catching a big one at the Adirondack Coastâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s first competition in the 2017 bass fishing tournament season. Dock Street Landing, Plattsburgh, N.Y., $100-200; preregister. Info, 256-232-0406. TWIN STATE DERBY: HOME TEAMS!: The White Walkers and Black Death go head-to-head in a flat-track roller derby showdown. Spartan Arena, Rutland, 6-8 p.m. $5-12; free for kids 5 and under. Info, 775-3100.

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TECH HELP: Electronics novices bring their questions and devices to a hands-on help session with a trained troubleshooter. Fairfax Community Library, 9-11 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. TECH TALK: A series of presentations touches on an array of electronic topics including online access to health care, navigating medicare.gov and managing email communication. Frederick H. Tuttle Middle School, South Burlington, 9 a.m.noon. Free; preregister. Info, 448-0595.

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COMMUNITY MINDFULNESS WITH THE CENTER FOR MINDFUL LEARNING: Peaceful people gather for guided meditation and interactive discussions. Burlington Friends Meeting House, 5-7 p.m. $10. Info, assistant@centerformindfullearning.org.

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COMMUNITY CONTRA DANCE: Friends and families find their footing with time-tested dances set to tunes by Young Tradition Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Mark Sustic and Romy and Ben Munkres. North Hero Community Hall, 4-6 p.m. $8; free for kids. Info, 825-1120. DANCES OF UNIVERSAL PEACE: In just minutes, movers with and without experience learn participatory dances using sacred phrases and changes from the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s spiritual traditions. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 1:30-4 p.m. $5-7. Info, vtpeacedances@comcast.net. UPPER VALLEY INTERNATIONAL FOLK DANCING: Creative movers learn diverse routines rooted in Eastern and Western Europe, Scandinavia, and the Mediterranean. Bring clean, soft-soled shoes. Tracy Hall, Norwich, 3-6 p.m. $4-8. Info, 436-2151.

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GUIDED TOURS: See WED.7. OPEN HOUSE: â&#x20AC;&#x153;Vermontâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Musical Ladies,â&#x20AC;? a presentation by vocalist and researcher Linda Radtke, gives way to â&#x20AC;&#x153;Music for the Generations,â&#x20AC;? a family-friendly performance by singer-songwriter Jon Gailmor. Justin Morrill Homestead, Strafford, 2-4 p.m. Free. Info, 765-4288.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MOTHER EARTH NEWSâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; FAIR: See SAT.10, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.

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â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARYâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: A 2016 film focuses on the man behind the groundbreaking jazz music. Merrillâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Roxy Cinemas, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. $15. Info, 863-5966. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIESâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See WED.7. â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;MEERKATS 3Dâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See WED.7. SCOUT FILM FESTIVAL: See FRI.9. WEEKEND MOVIE: â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXERâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;: See FRI.9, 7:30-9:30 p.m.

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CHOCOLATE TASTING: See SAT.10. KNIFE SHARPENING: Dull blades, be gone! Jim Cunningham of JRC Knife Sharpening whets cutting tools. Chef Contos Kitchen & Store, Shelburne, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. $4-5 per knife. Info, 497-3942.

SUPER SUMMER BOOK SALE & FOOD DRIVE: Bibliophiles snap up paperbacks, kidsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; books, CDs and VHS tapes on the cheap. Bring a nonperishable food donation for a free book. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Free. Info, fletcherfriends@gmail.com.

RIVERSIDE GRANGE COMMUNITY FARMERS MARKET: A vibrant group of vendors deals in produce, eggs, cut flowers, handcrafted soap, wool products, baked goods and maple creations. Riverside Grange Hall, West Topsham, 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, hgb111@rocketmail.com.

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STOWE FARMERS MARKET: An appetizing assortment of fresh veggies, meats, milk, berries, herbs, beverages and crafts tempts shoppers. Red Barn Shops Field, Stowe, 10:30 a.m.-3 p.m. Free. Info, 279-3444.

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BLACK LIVES MATTER FORUM: The topic of implicit bias is the basis of a discussion with historian Jim Ralph, economist Stephanie Seguino and Vermont State Police lieutenant Garry Scott. Rokeby Museum, Ferrisburgh, 3 p.m. $2 or free with museum admission, $8-10; free for kids under 5. Info, 877-3406.

agriculture

PLANT SALE: See WED.7. SWEET POTATO SLIP SALE: See SAT.10.

bazaars

FLEA MARKET: See SAT.10.

WINOOSKI FARMERS MARKET: Area growers and bakers offer prepared fare, assorted produce and agricultural products. Champlain Mill Green, Winooski, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Free. Info, info@downtownwinooski.org.

games

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health & fitness

TRADITIONAL YOGA FLOW: Breath accompanies each transition during a vinyasa flow focused on body awareness and self acceptance. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 9-10:15 a.m. $10. Info, 244-8134.

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‘NEVERLAND’: Vermont Center for Dance Education students whisk audience members away on a magical adventure with Peter Pan and Wendy. Paramount Theatre, Rutland, 1 & 6 p.m. $15-25. Info, 775-0903. PEER-LED MINDFULNESS MEET-UP FOR TEENS: South Burlington High School junior Mika Holtz guides adolescents toward increased awareness through music, movement and other techniques. Stillpoint Center, Burlington, 9-10:30 a.m. Donations. Info, 720-427-9340.

language

sports

REMEMBRANCE RUN 5K: Runners and walkers put one foot in front of the other for the Sigrid Bonner, Trace Santos-Barber and Chris Ludington scholarship funds. Peoples Academy, Morrisville, registration, 7:30 a.m.; kids’ race, 9:15 a.m.; 5K, 9:30 a.m. $7-30. Info, 279-0677. WALK FOR THE ANIMALS & 5K DOGGIE FUN RUN: Two- and four-legged friends pound the pavement to raise funds for the Humane Society of Chittenden County. Veterans’ Memorial Park, South Burlington, registration, 8 a.m.; run and walk, 9 a.m. $15-100 plus additional funds raised; free walkers under 12. Info, 862-0135. WOMEN’S PICKUP BASKETBALL: See WED.7, Robert Miller Community & Recreation Center, Burlington. $3; preregister at meetup. com.

SPANISH GROUP CLASSES: Students roll their Rs while practicing en español. New Moon Café, Burlington, 2:45-4:30 p.m. $20. Info, maigomez1@hotmail.com.

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LGBTQ FIBER ARTS GROUP: A knitting, crocheting and weaving session welcomes all ages, gender identities, sexual orientations and skill levels. Pride Center of Vermont, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 860-7812.

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BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: See WED.7. BURLINGTON DISCOVER JAZZ FESTIVAL: BASSDRUMBONE: The trio straddles the line between improvisation and composition on selections from 2016’s The Long Road. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 6 p.m. $30. Info, 863-5966. DEOBRAT MISHRA: See WED.7, Gallery at River Arts, Morrisville, 3-5 p.m. $22. Info, 888-1261.

THE LAMARTINE QUARTET: Four long-time friends fill the air with works by Mozart, Ravel and Alberto Ginastera. A reception follows. North Universalist Chapel Society, Woodstock, 4-6 p.m. $10. Info, 457-3981. ROOTS ON THE RIVER FESTIVAL: See THU.8, 11 a.m.

UKULELE MÊLÉE: Fingers fly at a group lesson on the four-stringed Hawaiian instrument. Fletcher Room, Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 4-6 p.m. Free. Info, reference@burlingtonvt.gov.

outdoors

EARLY BIRDER MORNING WALK: Avian enthusiasts search for winged species. Bring tick repellent, binoculars and good walking shoes. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 7-8:30 a.m. Free. Info, 434-2167.

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‘HONEY, LET’S GO HOME #2’: Primitive puppets and masked players are the stars of an offbeat performance. Bread and Puppet Theater, Glover, 3 p.m. Donations. Info, 525-3031.

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‘INTO THE WOODS’: See THU.8, 2 p.m. ST. JOHNSBURY PLAYERS REVUE AUDITIONS: Actors and singers vie for parts in a concert-style show highlighting musical productions from the past forty years. Prepare a song selection of your choice. St. Johnsbury School, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 748-4002.

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JOAN HUTTON LANDIS SUMMER READING SERIES: Rosamond Purcell regales lit lovers with words from her 2007 book Owls Head: On the Nature of Lost Things. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, 5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 767-9670. SUPER SUMMER BOOK SALE & FOOD DRIVE: See SAT.10, noon-5 p.m.

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community

A.R.C. OF NORTHWESTERN VERMONT ANNUAL MEETING: Those interested in joining the board or volunteering for the nonprofit disability advocacy organization sit in on a yearly gathering. Masonic Lodge, St. Albans, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 524-5197. INTENTIONAL GARDEN PARTY: Champlain Community Services initiates an agricultural space meant to be freely shared with neighbors for celebrations and memorable moments. Champlain Community Services, Colchester, 1-3 p.m. Free. Info, 655-0511, ext. 163.

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CONTACT IMPROV DANCE: Movers engage in weight sharing, play and meditation when exploring this style influenced by aikido and other somatic practices. Aikido of Champlain Valley, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $4. Info, 864-7306.

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SALSA MONDAYS: Dancers learn the techniques and patterns of salsa, merengue, bachata and chacha. North End Studio A, Burlington, fundamentals, 7 p.m.; intermediate, 8 p.m. $12. Info, 227-2572.

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WHO WALKS THESE WOODS: Nature lovers embark on an educational journey into the act of tracking with expert Mike Kessler. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 1-3 p.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members; preregister. Info, 434-2167.

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CHAMPLAIN TRAIL NETWORK HIKE: After taking the ferry from Charlotte to Essex, outdoor adventurers hit New York trails for an easy excursion. Contact trip leader for details. Free; preregister. Info, ruskai@member.ams.org.

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SPRING STUDENT RECITAL: Monteverdi Music School students showcase their chops on piano, cello, clarinet and voice. Unitarian Church of Montpelier, 3-5 p.m. Free. Info, director@monteverdimusic.org.

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GAMELAN SULUKALA: Bronze and iron instruments ring out in a wide variety of music ranging from traditional Javanese to contemporary compositions. Partial proceeds benefit the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Plainfield Town Hall Opera House, 4-6 p.m. $5-15. Info, 498-3173.

PAUL ANDRISCIN: The historian shares his knowledge in the illustration talk “Reasons for American Revolution,” followed by a short historical film. Hubbardton Battlefield State Historic Site, 2-3:15 p.m. Free. Info, 273-2282.

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WEST AFRICAN DANCE: Live djembe and dundun drumming drive a family-friendly class with teacher Seny Daffe of Guinea. Drop-ins are welcome. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-7 p.m. $10-16. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

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CAMPUS TOUR: Potential students ages 16 through 24 check out a facility offering free housing, meals, career technical training, high school diplomas, driver’s licenses and job placement. Northlands Job Corps Center, Vergennes, 9:45 a.m.-noon. Free; preregister. Info, 877-0121.

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REIKI OR TAROT SESSIONS: Claire Whitaker consults her cards or offers energy healing in 30-minute or one-hour sittings. Railyard Yoga Studio, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. $30-60; preregister. Info, 318-6050.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7, 6:30 p.m. MAGIC: THE GATHERING — MONDAY NIGHT MODERN: Tarmogoyf-slinging madness ensues when competitors battle for prizes in a weekly game. Brap’s Magic, Burlington, 6:30-10 p.m. $8. Info, 540-0498. MAH JONGG: Longtime players and neophytes alike compete in the popular Chinese tile game. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 1-2 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

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CRAFTERNOON: BEADED WIND CHIME: A themed activity motivates children ages 6 and up to create. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420. CRAFTS FOR KIDS: Kiddos 5 and up flex their creative muscles with unique projects. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 3:30-4 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660. OPEN GYM PLAY GROUP: Parents can socialize while tykes stay active with movement-centered recreation. River Arts, Morrisville, 9:30-11 a.m. Free. Info, 888-1261.

language

ADVANCED-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: Language learners perfect their pronunciation with guest speakers. Private residence, Burlington, 5-6:30 p.m. $20. Info, 324-1757.

music

MONDAY NIGHT COMMUNITY KIRTAN: Instruments are welcome during call-and-response chanting of mostly Sanskrit mantras in the bhakti yoga tradition. Sacred Mountain Studio, Burlington, 7:30-9 p.m. Donations. Info, bpatoine@aol.com. SAMBATUCADA OPEN REHEARSAL: Newbies are invited to help keep the beat as Burlington’s samba street-percussion band sharpens its sound. Instruments are not required. 8 Space Studio Collective, Burlington, 6-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 862-5017.

seminars

LET’S GO FISHING: Aspiring sportsmen and -women grab rods and reels for a lesson on casting, river systems, fish habitats and more. Delta Park, Colchester, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585. WALKING & RUNNING EFFICIENTLY & INJURYFREE: Chi running instructor Sarah Richardson outlines safe practices for an active life. Community Room, Hunger Mountain Coop, Montpelier, 6-7:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, info@hungermountain.coop.

tech

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words

MUST-READ MONDAYS: Lit lovers cover Major Pettigrew’s Last Stand by Helen Simonson. Brownell Library, Essex Junction, 6:30-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 878-6955.

RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.7.

SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.7.

SEATED TAI CHI: Movements are modified for those with arthritis and other chronic conditions. Winooski Senior Center, 11 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

‘TO REVISION AND BEYOND!’: A POETRY CRAFT SERIES: Wordsmiths examine the practice of perfecting poems in a three-part Burlington Writers Workshop class. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

VERMONT CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE HERBALISM STUDENT HERBAL CLINIC: Third-year interns evaluate individual constitutions and health conditions. Burlington Herb Clinic, 4-8 p.m. $10-30; preregister. Info, info@vtherbcenter.org. ZUMBA: Lively Latin rhythms fuel this dancefitness phenomenon for all experience

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ASHTANGA YOGA: An athletic flow combines strength, flexibility and stamina in a specific sequence of asanas linking breath and movement. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 7:15-8:30 p.m. $10. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

TAI CHI, SUN-STYLE LONG-FORM: Elements of qigong thread through the youngest version of the Chinese martial art. Winooski Senior Center, 10-11 a.m. Free. Info, 735-5467.

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LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE: Bring a bag lunch to practice the system of communication using SA etc. T.1 visual gestures. Kellogg-Hubbard S 0| Y O MU AMERICAN VETERANS VERMONT MB Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. S IC | STARLINE RHYTH POST 1: Those who have served or Info, 223-3338. are currently serving the country, including members of the National Guard and reservists, are montréal welcome to join AMVETS for monthly meetings. ST-AMBROISE MONTRÉAL FRINGE FESTIVAL: See American Legion, Post 91, Colchester, 6:30 p.m. WED.7. Free. Info, 796-3098.

WEEKEND MOVIE: ‘NORMAN: THE MODERATE RISE AND TRAGIC FALL OF A NEW YORK FIXER’: See FRI.9.

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‘WHEN IT RAINS IT POURS. RAINWATER CATCHMENT’: Hosted by Transition Town Jericho, a presentation by local homesteader Tom Baribault explores retrieving rainwater via barrels and other methods as a gateway to energy independence. Jericho Town Library, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 829-8168.

‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.7.

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OPEN ART STUDIO: Seasoned makers and first-timers alike convene to paint, knit and craft in a friendly environment. Bring a table covering for messy projects. Swanton Public Library, 4-8 p.m. Free. Info, swantonartscouncil@gmail.com.

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health & fitness

TUESDAY VOLUNTEER NIGHTS: Helping hands pitch in around the shop by organizing parts, moving bikes and tackling other projects. Children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Bike Recycle Vermont, Burlington, 5-8 p.m. Free. Info, 264-9687.

BRANDON FITNESS BOOT CAMP: Hop to it! Get fit with strength, endurance, agility and coordination exercises. Otter Valley North Campus Gym, Brandon, 5-6 p.m. $12. Info, 343-7160.

FEAST TOGETHER OR FEAST TO GO: See FRI.9.

crafts

BEGINNERS TAI CHI CLASS: See THU.8.

DE-STRESS YOGA: A relaxing and challenging class lets healthy bodies unplug and unwind. Balance Yoga, Richmond, 5:45-7 p.m. $14. Info, 434-8401.

NEEDLE FELTING NATURE: Crafters mold wool into items found in the natural world. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 2-3:30 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

FITNESS AT ANY AGE: Strength, agility, coordination and heart-healthy exercises are modified for folks of all ability levels. Charlotte Senior Center, 9:15-10 a.m. $10. Info, 343-7160.

OPEN CRAFT NIGHT: Creative sparks fly in the studio as attendees whip out woven wall hangings and crochet, knitting and sewing projects. Nido Fabric & Yarn, Burlington, 6-8 p.m. Free. Info, 881-0068.

FITNESS FLOW YOGA: See FRI.9, 6:30-7:30 p.m.

dance

HATHA FLOW YOGA: A balanced combination of sustained and flowing poses promotes mindfulness. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 5:30-6:45 p.m. Donations. Info, studio@zenbarnvt.com.

BEGINNER WEST COAST SWING & FUSION DANCING: Pupils get schooled in the fundamentals of partner dance. North End Studio B, Burlington, 8-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

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GENTLE DROP-IN YOGA: Yogis bring their own mats for a hatha class led by Betty Molnar. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Free. Info, 264-5660.

KETTLEBELL TRAINING GROUPS: See FRI.9.

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INTERMEDIATE & ADVANCED WEST COAST SWING: Fun-loving folks learn the smooth, sexy stylings of modern swing dance. North End Studio A, Burlington, 7-9 p.m. $11-16. Info, burlingtonwestie@gmail.com.

PEACEFUL WARRIOR KARATE: Martial-arts training promotes healthy living for those in recovery. Turning Point Center, Burlington, 1 p.m. Free. Info, 12v-JoannThibault052417.indd 1 861-3150.

SWING DANCING: Quick-footed participants experiment with different forms, including the Lindy hop, Charleston and balboa. Beginners are welcome. Champlain Club, Burlington, 7:30-9:30 p.m. $5. Info, 448-2930.

STRETCH & SIP YOGA WITH LIVE MUSIC: Tunes by Ousmane energize participants for a flow yoga practice suitable for all levels. Zenbarn Studio, Waterbury, 6-7:15 p.m. $15-20. Info, studio@ zenbarnvt.com.

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SUMMER FLOOR HOCKEY LEAGUE: Men and women aim for the goal in a friendly setting for all ability levels. Mater Christi School, Burlington, 7:159:15 p.m. $5; $55 for the full season; preregister. Info, gbfloorhockey@gmail.com.

LA LECHE LEAGUE MEETING: Nursing mothers share breastfeeding tips and resources. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 10:30 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 720-272-8841. PUZZLED PINT: Wordplay and logic lovers tackle tricky problems on puzzledpint.com, which unlocks the location of a Tuesday night get-together with even more puzzles. Various downtown Burlington locations, 7-10 p.m. Free. Info, 363-0232.

film

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.7. KNIGHTS OF THE MYSTIC MOVIE CLUB: Cinema hounds view campy features at this ode to offbeat productions. Main Street Museum, White River Junction, 8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 356-2776. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.7.

food & drink

OLD NORTH END FARMERS MARKET: Locavores snatch up breads, juices, ethnic foods and more from neighborhood vendors. Dewey Park, Burlington, 3-6:30 p.m. Free. Info, oldnorthendfarmersmarket@gmail.com.

games

BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7, 7 p.m.

ZUMBA WITH ALLISON: Conditioning is disguised as a party at this rhythm-driven workout session. Swan Dojo, Burlington, 7-8 p.m. $10. Info, 227-7221.

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CHILDREN’S UNDERGROUND FILM SOCIETY: Monthly movie screenings encourage viewers of all ages to think critically about artful cinema. Big Picture Theater and Café, Waitsfield, 5:30 p.m. $5. Info, 496-8994. NESTLINGS FIND NATURE: Books, crafts, nature walks and outdoor activities give preschoolers a look at how songbirds develop and grow. Birds of Vermont Museum, Huntington, 10:30-11:30 a.m. Regular admission, $3.50-7; free for members and kids under 3. Info, 434-2167. PRESCHOOL MUSIC: Melody makers ages 3 through 5 sing and dance into the afternoon. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 11:30 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 264-5660. PRESCHOOL STORY HOUR: PICNICS & OUTDOOR PLAY: Imaginations blossom when kids up to age 6 engage in themed tales and activities. Bring a nutfree snack. Fairfax Community Library, 9:30-10:30 a.m. Free. Info, 849-2420. SPANISH MUSICAL KIDS: Amigos ages 1 through 5 learn Latin American songs and games with Constancia Gómez, a native Argentinean. Fletcher Free Library, Burlington, 11-11:45 a.m. Free. Info, 865-7216. TODDLER STORY TIME: Good listeners up to 3 years old have fun with music, rhymes, snacks and captivating tales. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 10:30-11 a.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660. TUE. 13

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TIKI TUESDAYS: Imbibers sip tropical cocktails mixed with Stonecutter Spirits liquor and topped with tiny umbrellas. Hotel Vermont, Burlington, 4-11 p.m. Free. Info, sas@stonecutterspirits.com.

ZUMBA: A high-energy instructor and a wide array of music keep students going strong as they dance their way to health. Marketplace Fitness, Burlington, 4:30-5:15 p.m. $12; free for members and first-timers. Info, 651-8773.

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NORTHFIELD FARMERS MARKET: A gathering place for local farmers, producers and artisans offers fresh produce, crafts and locally prepared foods. Depot Square, Northfield, 3-6 p.m. Free. Info, northfieldfarmersmarketvt@gmail.com.

TAI CHI, LEVEL I: Beginners are introduced to sequences of slow, controlled movements. South Burlington Recreation & Parks Department, 11 a.m.noon. Free. Info, 735-5467.

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‘SONIC SEA’: This 2016 documentary dives deep into the effects of man-made underwater noise on marine life. A panel discussion and a reception follow. Room 007, Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, 7 p.m. Free. Info, nicolewebbert@ vermontlaw.edu.

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‘LA CAUSERIE’ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Native speakers are welcome to pipe up at an unstructured conversational practice. El Gato Cantina, Burlington, 4:30-6 p.m. Free. Info, 540-0195. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: ITALIAN: Speakers hone their skills in the Romance language over a bag lunch. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PAUSE-CAFÉ FRENCH CONVERSATION: Frenchlanguage fanatics meet pour parler la belle langue. Gather on the terrace in fair weather. Burlington Bay Market & Café, 6:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 363-2431. SOCIAL GATHERING: Those who are deaf or hard of hearing or want to learn American Sign Language get together to break down communication barriers. The North Branch Café, Montpelier, 4-6 p.m. Cost of food and drink. Info, 595-4001.

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CASTLETON SUMMER CONCERT SERIES: The Boston Crusaders Drum and Bugle Corps bring a lively performance of brass, percussion and color guard to an outdoor venue. Spartan Stadium, Castleton University, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 468-6039.

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ADULT RACING LEAGUES: See THU.8. SHOEFLY TRAIL RUNNING SERIES: Runners and walkers break a sweat on one-mile, 5K and 10K excursions on Northeast Kingdom trails. See shoeflytrailrun.org for details. 5 p.m. $45 for the series; free for kids under 10; preregister. Info, julie@ shoeflytrailrun.org.

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SAVVY SENIORS PRESENTATION: Lyric Theatre Company teams up with the Community of Vermont Elders in an eye-opening performance about an interesting topic. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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THE BAKE OFF: Neil Simon’s Barefoot in the Park gets divided into thirds when three directors each lead separate casts in a portion of the production. FlynnSpace, Burlington, 7:30 p.m. $28.80-37.50. Info, 863-5966.

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GARRETT M. GRAFF READING: The former Politico magazine editor opens the cover on his latest title Raven Rock: The Story of the U.S. Government’s Secret Plan to Save Itself — While the Rest of Us Die. Bear Pond Books, Montpelier, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 229-0774. NANCY HINCHLIFF: Humorous and engaging tales fill the pages of the newly launched memoir Operatic Divas and Naked Irishmen: An Innkeeper’s Tale. Phoenix Books Essex, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 872-7111. SEARCH FOR MEANING DISCUSSION GROUP: Readers reflect on The Disappearance of the

‘FLIGHT OF THE BUTTERFLIES’: See WED.7. ‘MEERKATS 3D’: See WED.7.

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BARRE FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7. BHUTANESE ELDERS GO STRAWBERRY PICKING: Seniors embark on a group trip to Sam Mazza’s Farm Market, Bakery and Greenhouse to gather sweet berries. Champlain Senior Center, McClure Multigenerational Center, Burlington, 10 a.m. Free. Info, 658-3585.

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TOXIC WHITENESS DISCUSSION GROUP: Peace & Justice Center representatives facilitate a conversation on the harmful effects of white supremacy on communities and individuals. Peace & Justice Center, Burlington, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 863-2345.

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7. COMMUNITY SUPPER: See WED.7.

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INVASIVE SPECIES & PERMACULTURE: Ecoconscious community members roll up their sleeves for a presentation and discussion about replacing and displacing Vermont’s nonnative vegetation. Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier, 7-8 p.m. Free. Info, 223-3338. PLANT SALE: See WED.7.

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COFFEE HOUR: Friends, neighbors and AARP Vermont volunteers catch up on upcoming activities and issues facing older Vermonters. Cups of joe are free! The Skinny Pancake, Burlington, 9-10 a.m. Free. Info, 951-1313. TOWN HALL MEETING: Veterans, current service members, families and caretakers weigh in on ways to improve care at the Burlington Outpatient Lakeside Clinic. VFW Post 782, Burlington, noon-2 p.m. Free. Info, 864-6532.

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KNITTING & MORE: BABY SOCKS: See WED.7.

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DROP-IN HIP-HOP DANCE: See WED.7.

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SPRING NETWORKING & HEALTHY HOMES: Fueled by appetizers and a cash bar, fans of sustainable architecture mix and mingle before a presentation by Brian Just. Vermont Energy Investment Corporation, Burlington, 5-7:30 p.m. $10; free for Vermont Green Building Network and Passive House Vermont members. Info, 735-2192.

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LEDDY PARK BEACH BITES: Lakeside picnickers enjoy food-truck fare, a beer garden, kids’ activities and live entertainment. Attendees on two wheels make use of free bike valet service. No dogs, please. Leddy Park, Burlington, 5:30-8:30 p.m. Free. Info, 864-0123.

MIDDLEBURY FARMERS MARKET: See SAT.10.

NEWPORT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7. VERMONT FARMERS MARKET: See WED.7. WOODSTOCK MARKET ON THE GREEN: See WED.7.

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BRIDGE CLUB: See WED.7. CHESS CLUB: Strategy comes into play as competitors try to capture opposing game pieces. Dorothy Alling Memorial Library, Williston, 5:30-7 p.m. Free. Info, 878-4918.

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FARM TO MEDICINE CABINET PLANT WALK: Clinical herbalist Susan Staley introduces ramblers to weeds with wondrous benefits. Shelburne Farms, 10-11:30 a.m. $15. Info, 985-8686. GENTLE TAI CHI: See WED.7.

STORY TIME & PLAYGROUP: See WED.7. YOGA FOR KIDS: See WED.7. YOUNG WRITERS & STORYTELLERS: Kindergartners through fifth graders practice crafting narratives. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 4-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 264-5660.

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INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL SPANISH CLASS: See WED.7. INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.7. LUNCH IN A FOREIGN LANGUAGE: SPANISH: See WED.7.

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LGBTQ VETERAN PANEL DISCUSSION: LGBTQ services members share their experiences while in the military and transitioning to civilian life. White River Junction VA Medical Center, 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Free. Info, 281-8108.

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ROBERT LIGHTHOUSE & THE VERMONT BLUES ALLSTARS: The blues man brings down the house while wailing on the harmonica and guitar. ArtsRiot, Burlington, 8:30 p.m. $10. Info, 540-0406.

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AWAKENING THE HEART OF COMPASSION: A MEDITATION PRACTICE & STUDY PROGRAM: See WED.7. A COURSE IN MIRACLES: A monthly workshop based on Helen Schucman’s 1975 text delves into the wisdom found at the core of the world’s major religions. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-645-1930. LIVING WITH ALZHEIMER’S FOR PEOPLE WITH ALZHEIMER’S: See WED.7.

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HOT TOPICS IN ENVIRONMENTAL LAW LECTURE SERIES: French oceanographic explorer and environmentalist Jean-Michel Cousteau reflects on his work in the service of protecting the planet. Oakes Hall, Vermont Law School, South Royalton, noon-1 p.m. Free. Info, 831-1371.

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GENTLE YOGA: See WED.7.

TECH HELP WITH CLIF: See WED.7.

GINGER’S EXTREME BOOT CAMP: See WED.7.

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‘THE HEALTHCARE MOVIE’: Betty Keller fields questions about single-payer health care following a screening of this 2011 documentary. Jaquith Public Library, Marshfield, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 426-3581. INSIGHT MEDITATION: See WED.7. NIA WITH LINDA: See WED.7. PILATES: See WED.7. RECOVERY COMMUNITY YOGA: See WED.7. RESTORATIVE GENTLE YOGA: See WED.7. SUNRISE YOGA: See WED.7. UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT NURSING STUDENT VISITS: See WED.7. VINYASA YOGA: See WED.7. WEDNESDAY NIGHT SOUND BATH: See WED.7.

A COLORFUL BBQ: Patrons of the arts sit down to a mouthwatering meal amid eye-catching works in watercolor. Proceeds benefit Valley Arts. Big Red Barn Gallery at Lareau Farm, Waitsfield, 6-9 p.m. $100. Info, 496-6682.

YOGA NIDRA: THE YOGA OF DEEP RELAXATION: See WED.7.

FLAG DECOMMISSIONING CEREMONY: Patriots retire worn, torn, faded and soiled flags. VFW Post 782, Burlington, 10 a.m.-noon. Free. Info, 862-6532.

KIDS’ DUNGEONS & DRAGONS: Experienced and novice players take on challenges to defeat enemies in this pen-and-paper role-playing game. Burnham Memorial Library, Colchester, 6-7:30 p.m. Free. Info, jmuse@colchestervt.gov.

GREENER DRINKS: See WED.7.

LEGO CLUB: Kiddos ages 6 and up snap together snazzy structures. Fairfax Community Library, 3-4 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 849-2420.

BEGINNER ENGLISH LANGUAGE CLASS: See WED.7.

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MEDICARE & YOU: AN INTRODUCTION TO MEDICARE: Members of the Central Vermont Council on Aging clear up confusion about the application process and plan options. Central Vermont Council on Aging, Barre, 3-5 p.m. Free; preregister. Info, 479-0531.

‘EXHIBITION ON SCREEN: MICHELANGELO: LOVE AND DEATH’: Shown as part of Great Art Wednesdays, this film takes viewers on a cinematic journey through the Florentine sculptor and painter’s tempestuous life. Town Hall Theater, Middlebury, 11 a.m. $5-10. Info, 382-9222.

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A ‘ULYSSES’ SUMMER: SUMMER LITERATURE READING GROUP: Ambitious readers discuss selected pages from James Joyce’s Ulysses. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104.

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OPEN MIC: Singers, players, storytellers and poets entertain a live audience at a monthly showcase of local talent. Wallingford Town Hall, 7-9 p.m. Free. Info, 446-2872.

SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.7.

GUIDED TOURS: See WED.7.

THE CHAMPLAIN CONSORT: Bag lunches are welcome at a recital of medieval- and renaissance-era music played on period instruments. The Cathedral Church of St. Paul, Burlington, noon. Donations. Info, 864-0471.

Universe: Straight Talk About Illusions, Past Lives, Religion, Sex, Politics and the Miracles of Forgiveness by Gary R. Renard. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 7 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-6920.

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AUTHORS AT THE ALDRICH: Angela Palm excerpts her book Riverine: A Memoir From Anywhere But Here. Milne Community Room, Aldrich Public Library, Barre, 6 p.m. Free. Info, 476-7550. FLASH FICTION WORKSHOP: Burlington Writers Workshop writers field on-the-spot feedback on short pieces. 110 Main St., Suite 3C, Burlington, 6:30 p.m. Free; preregister at meetup.com; limited space. Info, 383-8104. READINGS IN THE GALLERY: KERRIN MCCADDEN & TIM MAYO: Two Green Mountain State poets share their gifts of verse. St. Johnsbury Athenaeum, 7 p.m. Free. Info, 745-1392. SUMMER BOOK SALE: See WED.7. UU BOOK CLUB: Avid readers engage in a coverto-cover conversation on Whitney Otto’s How to Make an American Quilt. Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Plattsburgh, N.Y., 1:30 p.m. Free. Info, 518-561-6920. !

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meditation and dynamic physical exercises. Maximize your mental tranquility and clarity, physical health and fitness, and self-confidence. For people who never thought this would be for them. Fri., 6-7 p.m. & 7-8 p.m.; Sat., 11 a.m.-noon & noon-1 p.m.; Tue., 6-7:30 p.m. Cost: $15/1-hour class; $50/mo. (incl. all classes offered); $5/ trial class. Location: 303 Flynn Ave., Burlington. Info: 355-1301, info@wxcma.com, wxcma.com.

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ARTIST STUDIO SPACE: Right in the heart of the Junction, we are helping to build a creative district that supports individual artists as well as creative common space. Our 2nd-floor space at 7 & 9 Main Street has open event space for intimate performances, gallery exhibitions, pop-up coffee, and artisan shops and trunk shows. Available studios all have ample space and natural light. 1 large studio to rent individually or to share: $300 Common space studio with storage dependent on number of members: $75-100. We know Essex has a lot of creative juice, and we are really excited to be able to build a home for enterprising artists to create, collaborate, celebrate and teach. Location: Essex Hub Main Street Studio, Essex Junction. Info: Essex Hub for Women & Business, Kristin Humbargar, 622-0072, hi@essexhubvt.com, essexhubvt.com. EVERYTHING BUT THE BRUSH: PAINT W/ ARTIST KRISTEN M. WATSON: Ever wonder how some artists get those amazing textures and patterns on their paintings? Join local artist and teacher Kristen M. Watson for an evening of fun as we explore intuitive acrylic painting using nontraditional tools — literally everything but the brush! An activity of Vermont Arts 2017, a project of the Vermont Arts Council. Thu., Jun. 15, 6-8 p.m. Registration deadline: Jun. 10. Limit: 12. Cost: $40/person incl. all materials & supplies. Location: New City Galerie, 132 Church St., Burlington. Info: 5780300, kristen@kristenmwatson. com, kristenmwatson.com/ instruction.

astrology ASTROLOGY AT RAILYARD: Private 1-hour astrology readings: Sun., 1-3:30 p.m., must preregister. Astrology 101: Thu., 5:30-6:30 p.m. Embodied Dream Work private sessions with Janis, contact studio for appointment. See website for details and registration! See website for schedule. Location: Railyard, 270 Battery St., Burlington. Info: 3186050, railyardyoga@gmail.com, railyardapothecary.com.

camps SUMMER DAY CAMP: Come be a part of a great summer day camp! Fishing, swimming, biking

MARTIAL WAY: Colchester and Milton locations. Classes in self-defense, karate, kung fu, jiu jitsu and tai chi. We have 14 different age and experience levels, so the training is always age- and skill-appropriate. Beginner or experienced, fit or not yet, young or not anymore, we have a class for you! Days and evenings; see website for schedule and fees. Location: Martial Way Self Defense Center, 73 Prim Rd., Colchester, Colchester. Info: David Quinlan, 893-8893, info@martialwayvt. com, martialwayvt.com.

on trails, playing outdoor games, horseback riding, paddleboat racing and other fun activities. For boys and girls ages 7 to 16. Jul. 17-21, 9 a.m.-3 p.m. Cost: $100 suggested donation. Location: God’s Vision Retreat, 175 Sweet Hollow Rd., Sheldon. Info: Matt Luneau, 315-9525005, godsvision.net.

clinical hypnosis AGE REGRESSION: BACK TO THE CAUSE(S) OF THE PROBLEM(S) AND HELP HEALING!: Motivation Hypnosis Training & Education Programs in collaboration with Northeastern Society of Clinical Hypnosis (NMSCH) is offering both a Basic & Advanced Age Regression ASCH-approved workshop (20 hours/CEUs) with Maureen Turner, MEd, LCMHC, RNBC, LCSW. Both workshops will address utilizing age tegression techniques research to treat ADHD and comorbids: addiction, anxiety, depression, OCD, ODD and PTSD. Fri.-Sun., Jun. 23-25. Cost: $500/person; incl. manual. Payment plan available. Location: Turner Farmhouse, 24 Turners Lane, Isla La Motte. Info: 658-2140, motivationhypnosis. com.

dance DANCE STUDIO SALSALINA: Salsa classes, nightclub-style, group and private, four levels. Beginner walk-in classes, Wed., 6 p.m. $15/person for 1-hour class. No dance experience, partner or preregistration required, just the desire to have fun! Drop in any time and prepare for an enjoyable workout. Location: 266 Pine St., Burlington. Info: Victoria, 598-1077, info@salsalina.com. DSANTOS VT SALSA: Experience the fun and excitement of Burlington’s eclectic dance community by learning salsa. Trained by world-famous dancer Manuel Dos Santos, we teach you how to dance to the music and how to have a great time on the dance floor! There is no better time to start than now! Mon. evenings: beginner class, 7-8 p.m.; intermediate, 8:15-9:15 p.m. Cost: $12/1-hour class. Location: North End Studios, 294 N. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: Jon Bacon, 355-1818, crandalltyler@hotmail. com, dsantosvt.com. LEARN TO DANCE W/ A PARTNER!: Come alone or come with friends, but come out and learn to dance! Beginning classes repeat each month,

but intermediate classes vary from month to month. As with all of our programs, everyone is encouraged to attend, and no partner is necessary. Private lessons also available. Cost: $50/4week class. Location: Champlain Club, 20 Crowley St., Burlington. Info: First Step Dance, 598-6757, kevin@firststepdance.com, firststepdance.com.

design/build TINY HOUSE ‘GARDENEER’: In class: tool type and use, materials, parts of a house, lumber list, cut list. In field: We will frame a floor, deck it, get a rafter pattern and put up 2 walls, framed for window and door. Forestry walk: cruising timber, dropping, limbing, chunking, splitting, stacking cord wood. Garden tour: tools, layout and utilities. Creating a “destination CSA” for progressive share cropping. vermonttinyhouses.com June 17-18. Cost: $250/weekend; on-site camping avail. Location: Bakersfield, Vermont. Info: 933-6103, vermonttinyhouses.com.

drumming DJEMBE & TAIKO: Classes in Burlington, Hyde Park and Montpelier. Drums provided. Classes for adults (also for kids with parents) Mon., Tue. & Wed. in Burlington. Wed. a.m. or Fri. a.m. in Hyde Park. Thu. in Montpelier. Most classes are in the evenings or after school. Conga classes, too! Visit our schedule and register online. Location: Taiko Space, 208 Flynn Ave., Suite 3G, Burlington; Capital City Grange, 6612 Rte. 12, Berlin; Moonlight Studios, 1670 Cleveland Corners Rd., Hyde Park. Info: 999-4255, burlingtontaiko.org.

language ALLIANCE FRANCAISE: TWO SUMMER SESSIONS IN BURLINGTON: New: The Alliance Francaise is offering 2 summer sessions: 1 starting on Jun. 14 and a 2nd starting on Jul. 26 in our Burlington location. These two 5- or 6-week sessions offer courses at all levels, from French for Travelers to literature and conversation classes. We will also offer classes in Montpelier. aflcr.org. See website for schedule. Location: Alliance Francaise of the Lake Champlain Region, 43 King St., Burlington. Info: Micheline Tremblay, 881-8826, michelineatremblay@ gmail.com, aflcr.org. ANNOUNCING SPANISH CLASSES: Join us for adult Spanish classes this summer. Learn from a native speaker via small classes, individual instruction or student tutoring. You’ll always be participating and speaking. Lesson packages for travelers. Also lessons for young children; they love it! Our 11th year. For details, call 585-1025 or visit spanishwaterburycenter. com. Starting June 19; runs for 10 weeks. Cost: $225/10 classes of 90+ min. each, 1/week. Location: Spanish in Waterbury Center, Waterbury Center. Info: 585-1025, spanishparavos@gmail.com, spanishwaterburycenter.com.

martial arts ACHIEVE YOUR POTENTIAL: Come to Wu Xing Chinese Martial Arts. Join other thoughtful, intelligent adults to learn and practice tai chi, kung fu,

VERMONT BRAZILIAN JIUJITSU: Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu is a martial arts combat style based entirely on leverage and technique. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu selfdefense curriculum is taught to Navy Seals, CIA, FBI, military police and special forces. No training experience required. Easy-tolearn techniques that could save your life! Classes for men, women and children. Students will learn realistic bully-proofing and self-defense life skills to avoid them becoming victims and help them feel safe and secure. Our sole purpose is to help

empower people by giving them realistic martial arts training practices they can carry with them thoroughout life. IBJJF & CBJJ Certified Black Belt 6th Degree Instructor under Carlson Gracie Sr.: teaching in Vermont, born and raised in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil! A five-time Brazilian National Champion; International World Masters Champion and IBJJF World Masters Champion. Accept no Iimitations!. Location: Vermont Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, 55 Leroy Rd., Williston. Info: 598-2839,

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massage ASIAN BODYWORK THERAPY PROGRAM: This program teaches two forms of massage: amma and shiatsu. We will explore oriental medicine theory and diagnosis as well as the body’s meridian system, acupressure points, yin yang and 5-element theory. Additionally, 100 hours of Western anatomy and physiology are taught. VSAC non-degree grants are available. NCBTMBassigned school. Begins Sep. 2017. Cost: $5,000/600-hour program. Location: Elements of Healing, 21 Essex Way, Suite 109, Essex Jct. Info: Scott Moylan, 288-8160, scott@elementsofhealing.net, elementsofhealing. net.

meditation LEARN TO MEDITATE: Through the practice of sitting still and following your breath as it goes out and dissolves, you are connecting with your heart. By simply letting yourself be as you are, you develop genuine sympathy toward yourself. The Burlington Shambhala Center offers meditation as a path to discovering gentleness and wisdom. Shambhala Café (meditation and discussions) meets the 1st Sat. of each month, 9 a.m.-noon. An open house (intro to the center, short dharma talk and socializing) is held on the 3rd Sun. of each month, noon-2 p.m. Instruction: Sun. mornings, 9 a.m.-noon, or by appt. Sessions:

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Tue. & Thu., noon-1 p.m., & Mon.-Thu., 6-7 p.m. Location: Burlington Shambhala Center, 187 S. Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 658-6795, burlingtonshambhalactr.org.

performing arts THE BILL REED VOICE STUDIO MUSICAL THEATRE SUMMER INTENSIVE: This workshoporiented program, taught by faculty from NYC’s Circle in the Square Theatre School, focuses on professional training in musical theatre, including song interpretation, singing technique, physical acting, dance, yoga and college and professional audition prep, and culminates with a showcase performance. Jun. 18-24. Cost: $700. Location: Spotlight Vermont, 50 San Remo Dr., South Burlington. Info: Sally Olson, 558-2222, sallyolson@ billreedvoicestudio.com, billreedvoicestudio.com.

tai chi SNAKE-STYLE TAI CHI CHUAN: The Yang Snake Style is a dynamic tai chi method that mobilizes the spine while stretching and strengthening the core body muscles. Practicing this ancient martial art increases strength, flexibility, vitality, peace of mind and martial skill. Beginner classes Sat. mornings

Become part of our yoga community. You are welcome here. Cost: $15/class; $140/10-class card; $5-10/community classes. Location: Evolution Yoga, 20

& Wed. evenings. Call to view a class. Location: Bao Tak Fai Tai Chi Institute, 100 Church St., Burlington. Info: 864-7902, ipfamilytaichi.org.

well-being YOGA & RECOVERY GROUP FOR FOLKS LIVING W/ LYME DISEASE: Join as we practice gentle restorative poses suitable for all levels. Afterward, join the discussion as we share and support one another on the often confusing and isolating journey to wellness while living with lyme disease. Wear comfortable clothing. Sign up or find more information at Laughingriveryoga.com. Jun. 25, Jul. 30, Aug. 27, 2-3:30 p.m. By donation. Location: Laughing River Yoga, The Chase Mill, 1 Mill St., Burlington.

yoga EVOLUTION YOGA: Evolution Yoga and Physical Therapy offers yoga classes for everyone from beginner to expert. Choose from a wide variety of drop-in classes, series and workshops in Vinyasa, Kripalu, Core, Gentle, Vigorous, Yoga on the Lake, Yoga Wall, Therapeutics, and Alignment.

Kilburn St., Burlington. Info: 8649642, evolutionvt.com. HONEST YOGA: Honest yoga offers practices for all levels. We just

expanded to have two practice spaces! Your children can practice in one room while you practice in the other. No need for childcare. Yoga and dance classes ages 3 months and up. Brand-new beginners’ course: This includes two specialty classes per week for four weeks plus unlimited access to all classes. We have daily heated and alignment classes kids classes in yoga and dance, pre- and postnatal yoga. We hold yoga teacher trainings at the 200- and 500-hour levels, as well as children and dance teacher training courses. Daily classes & workshops. $50/new student (1 mo. unlimited); $18/class; $140/10-class card; $15/ class for student or senior; or $110/10-class punch card; $135/mo. adult memberships; $99/mo. kid memberships. Location: Honest Yoga Center, 150 Dorset St., Blue Mall, next to Hana, South Burlington. Info: 4970136, honestyogastudio@ gmail.com, honestyogacenter. com.

abilities, as well as prenatal classes and yoga therapy for injuries. Iyengar yoga focuses on uniting the body, breath and mind through attention to alignment. Precision. Rigor. Depth. Experience the Iyengar difference. 10 weekly classes; See website for schedule. Cost: $16/90-minute class. Location: Iyengar Center of Vermont, 294 North Winooski Ave., Suite 212B, Burlington. Info: Rebecca Weisman, 379-7389, rebecca@ IYCVT.com, iycvt.com. SANGHA STUDIO | NONPROFIT, DONATION-BASED YOGA: Sangha Studio builds an empowered community through the shared practice of yoga. Free yoga service initiatives and outreach programs are offered at 17 local organizations working with all ages. Join Sangha in both downtown Burlington and the Old North End for one of their roughly 60 weekly classes and workshops. Become a Sustaining Member for $60/mo. and practice as often as you like! Daily. Location: Sangha Studio, 120 Pine St. and 237 North Winooski Ave., Burlington. Info: 448-4262, Info@sanghastudio.org.

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hil Yates is leaving town. As Worrick. “It’s been a little frustrating in he sits in the kitchen of his that way.” Burlington home and takes a “It’s meat-and-potatoes rock and roll,” sip of wine, he looks from wall Yates adds. “I’m a Midwest kid, so I write to wall as if trying to memorize every like that. And, you know, I don’t think detail before he’s gone. “I’m going to miss anyone in town sounds like us, for better this house,” he says after a long moment, or worse.” light glinting off his black-rimmed glasses. Indeed, Yates’ Elvis Costello-like Yates brushes unruly strands of dark lyrical wit and knack for catchy melodies brown hair from his eyes as the thought make him a stylistic outlier in Burlington. triggers emotion he’s been holding back, With no real contemporaries around, and he considers the people he’s about to he’s often wondered where his brand of leave. power-pop fits in, particularly during his “I’m going to miss our circle of friends second run in the Queen City. that we’ve built,” he says. “And I’m going Yates’ previous stint in BTV was as to miss the Affiliates.” a graduate student at the University of That would be Yates’ band, whom, Vermont in the late ’90s. He cut his musiwhen referred to in cal teeth in the openfull, presents one mic scene and playof the most slyly ing acoustic shows clever wordplays in at Manhattan Pizza Burlington music his& Pub and the nowtory: Phil Yates & the defunct Rhombus Affiliates. (It helps Gallery. to say it out loud.) In 1999, master’s They’re also a hell of degree in hand, Yates a band. moved to South Yates and co. are Carolina. There he PHIL YATES preparing to play met his future wife, their final local show Sarah Venuti — now on Friday, June 9, at the Monkey House Sarah Yates — and continued playing cofin Winooski — it’s cheekily dubbed feehouses. He later returned to his native the band’s “last pre-reunion show” on Midwest and transformed a Chicago Facebook. Later this month, Yates, 41, cover band called Chutneyhead into his and his family head for Chicago, where first full band, Phil Yates and the Major the Saint Michael’s College associate pro- Majors — a reference to his favorite book, fessor of math has accepted a position at Catch-22, by Joseph Heller. DePaul University. From there it was on to Los Angeles, In seven years, Phil Yates & the where Yates’ musical career took another Affiliates have released three full-length turn. He recorded a pair of songs for a albums and played countless shows in Shrimper Records compilation — one and around Burlington. The quartet has of them, “Gift of Love,” was sandwiched established itself with a singular sound between tracks by Lou Barlow (Dinosaur in a scene known for eclecticism, if not Jr.) and the Mountain Goats. By the time always cohesion. he decided to move back to Vermont, “Phil’s style of songwriting pretty Yates had his first solo EP in hand, 2011’s much goes back to late ’70s pop-rock stuff, Tumble Stairs. which is not exactly a high-demand item But the transition wasn’t seamless. in Burlington,” says Affiliates bassist Raph “When I came back, I was totally lost,”

he admits. “I had no idea how to navigate Burlington anymore. “I didn’t know where to book a show,” he continues. “Club Toast was gone, and I couldn’t even figure out where the hell Higher Ground had moved to!” Before he could book shows, however, Yates needed a band. Unlike in Chicago and LA, like-minded Burlington musicians proved elusive. Those he did find were often already in several bands. So he turned to Craigslist, first adding Worrick, then lead guitarist Kevin Stevens and drummer Jake Blodgett. In 2013 the band released its first full-length LP, Oh So Sour. The record received warm reviews locally and abroad. No Need to Beg followed two years later. It garnered accolades in the college radio circuit and from local press, including this

paper. But, despite the critical attention, audiences weren’t growing. “Looking around the scene, I always felt like I was from the Island of Misfit Toys,” Yates says. “We certainly got proper respect. I mean, I hate to use the term ‘musician’s band’ … but there’s a difference between respect and attention.” While he sees talent and ambition in Burlington, Yates also sees cliquishness among the bands as well as the booking agents. So he channeled his frustration in the same way he often does: by writing a song. “One Man’s Trash (Sour Grapes)” will appear on the band’s new album, Party Music! In it, Yates uncorks a barbed criticism of Burlington’s sometimesnarrow music scene. “Bukakke in the 802 / Nothing to see here, nothing to do / Don’t you know VIA CHICAGO

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We’re just past the halfway point on this year’s BDJF. If you’ve yet to discover any jazz, you still have time. So, what looks good for the fest’s remaining days? As is always the case, way too much for a comprehensive preview. But here are a few things that look especially delectable to me. SOUNDBITES

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sparkling patter throughout, frequently poking fun at their lovesick repertoire. C’était divin. The tribute to WAYNE SHORTER last Saturday at Juniper drew the biggest crowd I’ve ever seen at that venue. I’m definitely not a crowd scientist, but I’d say there were at least 150 spectators — probably more. Though you won’t catch this precise group — RAY VEGA, BRIAN MCCARTHY, ROB MORSE, GEZA CARR and JAMES HARVEY — performing the same set during the remainder of BDJF, certain members have some additional dates. For instance, you could head to Juniper on Wednesday, June 7, to see Vega and his Latin jazz quintet. On Saturday, June 10, Harvey headlines the City Hall Stage on Church Street, and Morse brings his new project, ROBINSON MORSE’S SOUND OF MIND, to Radio Bean. Check out our review of their debut album, Enough Is Plenty, on page 67. And then there was BARIKA’s intoxicating performance atop the Lakeview Garage behind Hotel Vermont. I’d guesstimate that close to 400 attendees hiked up to the structure’s fifth floor for this special show. The group’s psychedelic, West African fusion filled the downtown air, and our sources tell us it could be heard at least as far away as the intersection of

North Avenue and North Street. Just before the end of their set, KAT WRIGHT joined the band for a mindblowing performance of “There for You,” a collaboration that appeared on Barika’s most recent full-length record, When the Time Comes. If you missed their rooftop gig, you can catch them this Friday, June 9, at Nectar’s. As I wove my way through the crowds of adults, teenagers, children and dogs, I repeatedly overheard the same sentiment: more parking-garage rooftop concerts, please. Is there anything we can do about this? With any luck, we have a long summer ahead of us… For clips of some of these performances plus a ton of others, make sure to check out this week’s episode of “Stuck in Vermont,” which airs on Thursday, June 8, at sevendaysvt.com.

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Before we dig into the remaining days of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival, I have a plea: Oh, great and mighty Sun, what have we, the common mortals who walk the muddy plains of this floating blue marble called Earth, done to anger thee? Have we offended you? Why do you hide your nurturing glow from revelers who search for a mere spot of sunlight in which to frolic? As we set out for another weekend of BDJF, we beseech you, oh radiant sphere of plasma, please do not hide yourself. For ’tis truly more enjoyable to bask in your warmth than to cower under awnings to stay dry and to pull tight the drawstrings of our collective hoodies to conserve body heat. Now, back to business… Despite the low temperatures and on-and-off drizzles, the first weekend of BDJF was wonderful. A few highlights: PINK MARTINI were a delight at the Flynn MainStage last Friday. The 11-piece band included the requisite jazz instruments — nylon-stringed guitar, trombone, conga, etc. — but also English horn, a rarity for a standard lineup. Vocalist CHINA FORBES sang in numerous languages, including English, French, German and Farsi — mostly about getting heart-stomped.

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Paul Asbell Jazz Quartet (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free. ARTSRIOT: Typhoon of Tenderness (storytelling), 7:30 p.m., $15. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Young Artist Night featuring Jerry Ulichny Quartet of UVM School of Music (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: EmaLou & the Beat (soul), 7 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: The Ray Vega Latin Jazz Quinteto, 7 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Trio Subtonic (funk, soul), noon, free. Will Patton Ensemble (jazz), 4 p.m., free. Mike Martin & Trio Gusto (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Phil DaRosa (roots, folk), 6 p.m., $5-10. Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free. Diane Cluck (folk), 8 p.m., $5-10. Ryan Monbleau (Americana), 9:30 p.m., $5-10. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Ian Greenman (acoustic rock), 7 p.m., free. Burlington Discover Jazz Festival Presents Sidewalk Chalk with Special Guests Yonrico Scott and Friends (hip-hop, soul), 9 p.m., $12/15. 18+.

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RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: The County Down (Celtic, eclectic), 7:30 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: NoMad Stories (jazz, psychedelic), 3 p.m., free. Thea Wren (soul, jazz), 6 p.m., free. Ensemble V (free-jazz), 7 p.m., free. Trio Subtonic (funk, soul), 8:30 p.m., free. Nate Reit, Jake Whitesell Quintet (jazz), 10:30 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

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SIDEBAR: Smokestack Lightning, Hellascope, Ghastly Sound (metal), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hannah Fair and Chris Von Staats Band ‘Ladies of Jazz’ Tribute, 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. LGBTQLOL (standup), 9 p.m., free.

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MISTER SISTER: Godfather Karaoke with Wolfie, 9 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Khalif Neville Jazz, 8 p.m., $3/8. 18+. ROTARY PARK: Sabouyouma (Afro-funk, jazz), 6 p.m., free.

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SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

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SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation.

WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

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MOOGS PLACE: Lesley Grant (Americana), 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area

BAR ANTIDOTE: Cooie Sings (Americana, blues), 7 p.m., free.

Island Life Picture this: You’re splayed out on a sandy beach. A warm breeze blows, condensation trickles down the side of a frosty libation

and the placid, low-blood-pressure strains of Canadian singer-songwriter BAHAMAS emanates from your headphones. Real name Afie Jurvanen, his languid

sensibilities make the perfect soundtrack for carefree summer nights. From the

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

simplistic strumming of his debut, Pink Strat, to the bold embellishments of his

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

most recent effort, Bahamas Is Afie, Jurvanen’s music retains the earnestness of

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Jack Johnson, on a massive North American tour. Catch Bahamas on Thursday,

PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

unambiguous romance. This summer, he’ll join the master of all things casual, June 8, at the Higher Ground Showcase Lounge in South Burlington.

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BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Bryan McNamara (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

FOAM BREWERS: Maple Street Six (jazz), 7 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: Salsa with Son De Los Montes, 9:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Dayve Huckett (jazz), noon, free. Rob Duguay’s Songevity Trio (jazz), 4 p.m., free. George Petit Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Phil DaRosa (roots, folk), 6 p.m., free. Mark Daly Solo (pop), 9:30 p.m., $10. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Khalif Neville Trio (jazz, funk), 10 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Trivia Mania, 7 p.m., free. Water For Gasoline featuring Seth Yacovone, Bob Wagner, Steve Hadeka, Alex Budney and Mike Fried (rock), 10 p.m., $7/10. PHO NGUYEN: Karaoke with DJ Walker, 8 p.m., free. PINGALA CAFÉ & EATERY: Ira Friedman Trio (jazz), 5 p.m., free.

LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Rob Duguay’s Songevity Trio (jazz), 11 a.m., free. Paul Asbell Quintet (jazz), 2 p.m., free. Mike Martin & Trio Gusto (jazz), 5 p.m., free. Will Patton Ensemble (jazz), 8 p.m., free. LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Mamma’s Marmalade (bluegrass), 6 p.m., free. Bird Full of Trees (roots, blues), 8 p.m., free. Navytrain (neo-Americana), 9:30 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: The High Breaks (surf), 5 p.m., free. Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free. Barika, Blakdenim (West African psych fusion), 9:30 p.m., $7.

RADIO BEAN: Friday Morning Sing-Along with Linda Bassick & Friends (kids’ music), 11 a.m., free. The AccaFella (a cappella), 1 p.m., free. Julian Chobot Trio (jazz), 3 p.m., free. Djuvay Djaz (Caribbean jazz), 6 p.m., free. The Khalif Neville Trio (jazz, funk), 9 p.m., free. Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 10:30 p.m., free. The Night Tripper (jazz), midnight, free.

ARTSRIOT: A LIVE at ArtsRiot Recording with Ryan Miller & Henry Jamison (rock), 7:30 p.m., $15/20.

DRINK: BLiNDoG Records Acoustic Sessions, 5 p.m., free.

JUNIPER: Rob Duguay with Alex Stewart (jazz), 9:30 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: Supersounds DJ (top 40), 10 p.m., free.

AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Mob Barber (jazz, experimental), 5:30 p.m., free.

THE DAILY PLANET: The Hot Pickin’ Party (bluegrass), 8 p.m., free.

JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Groove Axiom (rock, funk), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free.

CLUB METRONOME: Cosmic Thursday featuring Cosmosis Jones, Gnomedad, Hobbz (jam), 9 p.m., $5/8. 18+.

FOAM BREWERS: Thea Wren (jazz), 7:30 p.m., free. 2nd Friday Surf Party with the High Breaks, second Friday of every month, 8 p.m., free. Bite the Dragon (The Meters tribute), 10 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Sabouyouma (Afrofunk, jazz), 4 p.m., free. Gaviria/ Andreas Guitar Duo (Latin jazz), 6 p.m., free. Dr. Sammy Love (jazz, R&B), 7:30 p.m., free. Shane Hardiman Trio (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. The Dan Ryan Express (jazz), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE: Myra Flynn & Paul Boffa (neo-soul), 4 p.m., free. Voodoo Clause featuring Yonrico Scott (jazz), 7 p.m., free. D Jay Baron (mashup, hip-hop), 11 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Smokestack Lightning, Kindling, sleeping in (indie), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Walker Adams (jazz, funk), 8 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Short Jam (improv), 6 p.m., free. Adam Mamawala: Live Album Recording (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $15/20. VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Eric Hoh Trio featuring Sean Harness (jazz), 1 p.m., free.

chittenden county BACKSTAGE PUB: Trivia, 9:30 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Bahamas (indie), 8:30 p.m., $16/18. MISTER SISTER: Pickled Thursdays (drag), 9 p.m., free.

MONKEY HOUSE: Selector Sets: JazzFest Edition (vinyl DJs), 8 p.m., free. MULE BAR: DJ Jordan Barnes (eclectic), 5 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: New Suede Blues, 7 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Kevin Boyea (solo acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier SWEET MELISSA’S: David Langevine (ragtime), 6 p.m., donation. WHAMMY BAR: Myra Flynn (neo-soul), 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX: Open Mic & Jam Session, 9 p.m., free. MOOGS PLACE: Open Mic with Allen Church, 8:30 p.m., free. SUSHI YOSHI (STOWE): Brooklyn Circle (jazz), 5 p.m., free.

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ZENBARN: Soule Monde (funk, jam), 9 p.m., $5.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Throttle Thursdays with DJ Gold (hits), 9 p.m., free.

champlain islands/ northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Rosie & Trevor (rock), 7 p.m., free.

upper valley

WINDSOR STATION RESTAURANT & BARROOM: Still Hill (Americana), 7:30 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Can-Am Jazz Band, 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: JE DOUBLE F, Dust, Antwon Levee (punk-rap), 10 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Karaoke with DJ Jon Berry, 9 p.m., free.

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AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Dr. Sammy Love (jazz, R&B), 8:30 p.m., free. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: Paul Asbell (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Jake Whitesell Trio (jazz), 4 p.m., free. Aljam and the Reggaelution Band (reggae), 7 p.m., $5. DJ Craig Mitchell (house, hits), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., $5. SIDEBAR: Lil Sprout (future-soul), 7 p.m., free. Haitian and Dave Villa (hits), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Shokazoba Funkestra (Afrobeat, funk), 8 p.m., free. SMITTY’S PUB: Stand Up For Cancer: Comedy Charity Event, 8 p.m., donation. THE TAP ROOM AT SWITCHBACK BREWING: AliT (singersongwriter), 6 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Tim Meadows (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27. VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Downtown Sextet (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

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BACKSTAGE PUB: Karaoke with Jenny Red, 9 p.m., free. JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: The Ben Slotnick Trio (bluegrass), 7 p.m., free. MCKEE’S PUB & GRILL: Bob Gagnon (jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

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Did you get a chance to listen to SWALE’s “Release Your Records”? It’s the lead single from their new album, There’s No One Here, due out July 7. The new track debuted on Live Culture last Friday. Not unrelated: We’d like to debut more local singles on LC, perhaps on a weekly basis. Does your band have a new tune coming out — maybe preceding a new album — at some point in the near future? Shoot it my way.

master of Mississippi Delta blues, Untitled-11 makes his Vermont debut next week on Wednesday, June 14, at ArtsRiot in Burlington. A group of area music makers, dubbed the VERMONT BLUES ALLSTARS, join him for this special performance. Players include drummer STEVE HADEKA, bassist ALEX BUDNEY, rhythm guitarist ERIC SEGALSTAD and saxophonist MATT DAVIDE. JOE ADLER and MARCIE HERNANDEZ’s new indie-folk project, A.M. REJOICE, opens. !

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There’s a new booking and promotion crew in town called HOPE ALL IS WELL, which aims to “bridge the gap between DIY and legitimate promoter[s].” Seven Days contributor AMELIA DEVOID has the full scoop in her weekly Playtime series on the 7D arts blog, Live Culture. Check it out this Friday, June 9, for details about whom we can expect to see at the collective’s debut presentation.

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Last week, I focused on a number of free shows. This week, you’re going to have to drop a few bucks for some of my recommendations. The Waterfront Tent shows should be at the tippy-top of your to-see list. (What is it about partying in a giant tent that somehow feels extra special?) TROMBONE SHORTY & ORLEANS AVENUE party like it’s Mardi Gras on Thursday, June 8. NEW BREED BRASS BAND and BLAKDENIM start the celebration, and DJ FATTIE B fills in the gaps. Speaking of tent shows, I’m pretty much freakin’ out about ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT, though I’m not quite sure what we can expect. Given that the hip-hop group peaked in the early ’90s, I’d say a heavy dose of nostalgia. But, technically speaking, the bulk of their catalog was produced post-2000, when the band re-formed after several years of hiatus. So who knows? Opening duties for AD fall to the charismatic composer MICHAEL MWENSO and his band the SHAKES, as well as local tribute act OPERATION: PRINCE FEATURING CRAIG MITCHELL AND THE PURPLE ONES. Methinks some stretching, a highprotein meal and a 5-hour Energy are good ways to prep for this show. Those are but two of a bajillion other happenings. Some other noteworthy picks: On Friday, June 9, catch the ACCAFELLA at Radio Bean. This Sinatracrooning old-timer is probably the only

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MISTER SISTER: Drag Runway Show, 7 p.m., free. Max Cohen’s Mission Control Live (dance), 9 p.m., free.

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MONKEY HOUSE: Phil Yates & the Affiliates, the Dazies, Black Rabbit (rock), 9 p.m., $3/8. 18+.

of…, introduced audiences to its positive, gospel-influenced brand of enlightened hip-hop. Standout cuts

ON TAP BAR & GRILL: King Me (acoustic rock), 5 p.m., free. Nightrain (rock), 9 p.m., free.

last of which appeared on the soundtrack to Spike Lee’s 1992 film Malcolm X. After a brief hiatus in the

STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Wylie Shipman (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

ever since. Arrested Development headline the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival on Saturday, June 10, at

WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Willverine (soul, electro-pop), 9:30 p.m., free.

from the early days include “People Everyday,” “Tennessee” and the politically charged “Revolution,” the late ’90s and early ’00s, AD reunited and have been touring and spreading their uplifting, conscious music the Waterfront Tent in Burlington. OPERATION: PRINCE FEATURING CRAIG MITCHELL & THE PURPLE ONES and MICHAEL MWENSO & THE SHAKES open.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Wes Hamilton (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. DEMENA’S: Joe Moore (jazz), 6 p.m., free.

SWEET MELISSA’S: Honky Tonk Happy Hour with Mark LeGrand, 5:30 p.m., donation.

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CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: DJ Kilie (hits), 9:30 p.m., free.

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TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Troy Millette & Dylan Gombas (acoustic), 7 p.m., free.

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MONOPOLE: The Paisley Vibe (rock), 10 p.m., free. MONOPOLE DOWNSTAIRS: Happy Hour Tunes & Trivia with Gary Peacock, 5 p.m., free. OLIVE RIDLEY’S: All Request Night with DJ Skippy (hits), 10 p.m., free.

THE DAILY PLANET: Silver Bridget (saw-folk), 6 p.m., free. FOAM BREWERS: Blakdenim (hip-hop, funk), 3 p.m., free. Willverine (soul, electro-pop), 9 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free. JUNIPER: The Patricia Julien Quartet (jazz), 9:30 p.m., free. LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Dayve Huckett (jazz), 10 a.m., free. Mike Martin & Trio Gusto (jazz), 5 p.m., free. Cody Sargent and Craig Mitchell (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Stolen Moments (jazz), 2:30 p.m., free. Darryl Rahn (indie, folk), 5 p.m., free. a.m. rejoice (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Robert Lighthouse (blues), 7 p.m., free. Xenia Dunford (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Soggy Po’ Boys (jazz), 10 p.m., $5. Robinson Morse’s Sound of Mind (jazz), midnight, $5. RED SQUARE: The Welterweights (rock), 4 p.m., free. Rude Boy George (New Wave, ska), 7 p.m., $5. Mashtodon (hip-hop), 11 p.m., $5. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Raul (hits), 6 p.m., $5. DJ Reign One (EDM), 11 p.m., $5.

SAT.10

SIDEBAR: The Welterweights, Seamus the Great (rock), 7 p.m., free. SVPPLY (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: MichaelLouis Smith and Friends (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Ethan Snyder Presents (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Harsh Armadillo (funk, hip-hop), 8:30 p.m., free.

NECTAR’S: Robert Lighthouse, a.m. rejoice (blues), 5 p.m., free. Johnny Azari (blues), 7 p.m., free. Sophistafunk with Special Guests (hip-hop, funk), 9:30 p.m., $10.

SMITTY’S PUB: The Growlers (rock), 8 p.m., free.

ARTSRIOT: Jeff Parker (of Tortoise) (jazz, rock), 8 p.m., $13/15. BLEU NORTHEAST SEAFOOD: The Peterman Quartet (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free.

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CLUB METRONOME: Retronome With DJ Fattie B (’80s dance party), 9 p.m., free/$5.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Birdcode (jazz), 7 p.m., $5. Walker Adams (future-funk), 9 p.m., free. Taka (vinyl DJ), 11 p.m., free.

burlington

FOAM BREWERS: Matt the Gnat & the Gators (narrative-noir), noon, free. Vorcza (jazz), 4:30 p.m., free.

RADIO BEAN: Acoustic Brunch with Clare Byrne (singersongwriter), 11 a.m., free. Maple Street Six (jazz), 1 p.m., free. Andrew Stearns (Americana), 4 p.m., free. Geoff Kim, Rob Duguay and Geza Carr (jazz), 6 p.m., free. El Beej (jazz), 8:30 p.m., free. Michael Lewis Smith (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Chris Lyon (solo acoustic), 6 p.m., free. Fiasco (rock), 9 p.m., free.

outside vermont

AMERICAN FLATBREAD BURLINGTON HEARTH: Thea Wren (jazz), noon, free.

NECTAR’S: Southern Gospel Brunch: Nicky Cassarino’s Salvation Station, 10:30 a.m., $16.25/37.50. Mi Yard Reggae Night with DJs Big Dog and Jahson, 9:30 p.m., free/$3. 18+.

WHAMMY BAR: Big Hat No Cattle (Western swing), 7 p.m., free.

WINDSOR STATION RESTAURANT & BARROOM: Stone Cold Roosters (Americana), 9:30 p.m., free.

burlington

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Jazzyaoke (live jazz karaoke), 7 p.m., free. Game Night, 8 p.m., free.

GUSTO’S: Fully Completely Hip (Tragically Hip tribute), 9 p.m., $5.

upper valley

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LEUNIG’S BISTRO & CAFÉ: Jenni Johnson & the Jazz Junketeers, 10 a.m., free. Taryn Noelle & the Blue Gardenias (jazz), 1 p.m., free. Lewis Franco & the Missing Cats (jazz), 4 p.m., free. Rick & the All-Star Ramblers (Western swing), 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

champlain islands/ northwest

MONOPOLE: Theta (metal), 10 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: DJ Dodg3r (EDM, hits), 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Tim Meadows (standup), 7:30 & 9:30 p.m., $20/27. VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Paul Asbell Trio (jazz), 1 p.m., free. Eric Hoh Trio with Sean Harkness (jazz), 10 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: Dave Grippo featuring Nikki Glaspie and Nick Cassarino (funk, jazz), 7 p.m., free. DJ David Chief (dance), 11 p.m., free.

chittenden county

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Kill Paris (electronic), 8:30 p.m., $17/20.

barre/montpelier

BAGITOS BAGEL AND BURRITO CAFÉ: Irish Session, 2 p.m., donation.

SIDEBAR: Michael-Louis Smith Trio (jazz), 7 p.m., free. Leland Sundries, Gestalt, Mr. Doubtfire (indie), 10 p.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: SASS (queer dance party), 9:30 p.m., $8.

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: Peter Mayhew Band (roots-rock), 9 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, $5-10 donation. High Summer (jazz), 6 p.m., $5.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Red Hot Juba (jazz, country), 7 p.m., free.

ESPRESSO BUENO: Jazzyaoke (live jazz karaoke), 7:30 p.m., $5.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Hot Popsicle (improv), 8:30 p.m., free.

WHAMMY BAR: Lewis Franco and the Brown Eyed Girls (jazz), 7 p.m., free.

VERMONT PUB & BREWERY: Sam Armstrong Trio (jazz), 1 p.m., free.

LAST STOP SPORTS BAR: Kevin Boyea Great American BBQ (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., free. MISTER SISTER: ‘Queer Moxie’ (film screening), 7 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Dr. No, Barrows, Gnomedad (funk, rock), 8:30 p.m., $3/8. 18+. MULE BAR: DJ Steal Wool (hits), noon, free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: MacKenzie, Wilmott & Slim (blues), 5 p.m., free. NightHawk (rock), 9 p.m., free. STONE CORRAL BREWERY: Southtown Bluegrass, 7 p.m., free. SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Adam Sullivan & the Combinations (jazz), 9:30 p.m., free.

middlebury area

CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: City Limits Dance Party with DJ Earl (top 40), 9:30 p.m., free. TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Bardela (Grateful Dead tribute, rock), 6 p.m., $3.

champlain islands/ northwest TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB: Robin Gottfried Band (rock), 7 p.m., free.

upper valley

WINDSOR STATION RESTAURANT & BARROOM: The RoadTrash Band (rock), 10 p.m., free.

chittenden county HEALTHY LIVING MARKET & CAFÉ: Jazz Guitar Brunch, 11 a.m., free.

HIGHER GROUND BALLROOM: Kimock (rock), 8:30 p.m., $23/25. MCKEE’S PUB & GRILL: Julian Chobot (jazz), 1 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: JazzFest Brunch with Matt Wright and Matt Harpster, noon, free. Doghouse Charlie, Old Sky (Americana), 8 p.m., $3/8. 18+. SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier SWEET MELISSA’S: Live Band Karaoke, 8 p.m., donation.

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REVIEW this Josh Panda, Shake It Up

(PANDARUE PRODUCTIONS, LP, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

The so-called Saturn return is a pseudoscientific concept that correlates the planet Saturn’s orbit with profound personal life changes. Supposedly, as the ringed planet approaches the same place in its revolution it was when you were born — which takes approximately 29 years — you enter a new age of dramatic selfdiscovery. Four years ago, Burlington-based rocker Josh Panda was roughly 28 when he started recording his latest full-length album, Shake It Up. It seems he may have been in the throes of his own Saturn Return

Robinson Morse’s Sound of Mind, Enough Is Plenty (RECOMBINATION RECORDS, CD, DIGITAL DOWNLOAD)

such as “After the Smoke Clears,” “She Couldn’t Hold Me Down” and “Stick a Fork in Me” imply tumult, resilience and, ultimately, acceptance. The opening cut, “Scratch Me,” instantly recalls the likes of Three Dog Night or the Allman Brothers Band. As a warm Wurlitzer coos and stinging guitar chords pop in syncopated rhythms, Panda grazes the rafters with his trademark high tenor. The architecture is retro, but the album’s sparkling production is distinctly modern and doesn’t feel concerned with mimicking the recording techniques of the early 1970s. “We’ve Come Too Far” is the record’s No. 1 earworm. It starts with fuzzy drums and perky piano chords. The Wurlitzer returns with a jaunty counterpoint to Panda’s verse. As the song reaches its climax, jubilant horns arrive just after an uplifting key change. Panda triumphantly declares, “We’ve come too far / To let it end / To let it stop now.”

“Angel” is a countrified slow jam that builds toward lilting swells of strings, for which Panda wrote the arrangements. It begins with reverbsoaked vocals and a solo piano line, recalling the tenderness of Elton John’s “Tiny Dancer.” The album’s closer, “She Couldn’t Hold Me Down,” is gospel-inspired epic. It repeatedly feigns closure as bluesy piano chords cascade toward what feels like a finish, only to vamp and circle back around to where the song began. Shake It Up is Panda’s definitive work. He’s truly found his voice after years of wearing hats that didn’t quite fit. The album arrives just at the right time, too. It’s the perfect summer soundtrack for lazy evenings and country roads. Shake It Up is available on iTunes. Josh Panda plays on Friday, June 16, at Red Square in Burlington.

Anaïs Mitchell and Maryse Smith. Despite the universal esteem with which other musicians hold Morse, he’s very rarely placed front and center. Even in his own trio, the inimitable Vorcza, he tends to haunt the margins. That’s no slight. Rather, it’s a statement to Morse’s inherent humility and willingness to serve the music. Still, one can’t help but wonder what might happen if he was given — or gave himself — free rein to indulge the innermost recesses of his creativity. The answer comes by way of a new project, Robinson Morse’s Sound of Mind and the band’s debut recording Enough Is Plenty. The 11-member ensemble features some of the state’s young lions — young catamounts? hepcatamounts? — of jazz, including keyboardist Parker Shper;

saxophonists Bryan McNamara, Peter Apfelbaum, Luke Laplant and Jake Whitesell; and trombonist Andrew Moroz. More importantly, the album features eight compositions written or cowritten by Morse. The album is nothing short of a statement, one best embodied by “intention/affirmation,” the third track. Following a pair of sinewy, chameleonic, funk-tinged tunes — the opening title cut and “Atmosphere” — Morse’s deft touch as a bandleader shines through. The song is moody and mysterious, a wash of undulating bass and ethereal horn arrangements that coil around the listener’s psyche with sinister smoothness. Morse is a master of the groove, and, even amid the intricacies of his complex, multilayered arrangements, he creates some fiercely danceable fare. “Open Heart,” for example, simmers with a sort of gleeful giddiness, particularly in the interplay between the horns and guitarist Max Bronstein.

“Offsider” is bright and unpredictable, heavy with retro-funk charm. “Paranormal” offers spectral grooves and spaced-out melodies that transport the listener to an astral plane. A good deal of credit for the record’s dynamism belongs to Morse’s starstudded band. To wit, percussionist PJ Davidian and drummer Dan Ryan have never met a pocket they didn’t like. And trumpeter Taylor Haskins is simply a monster. But Morse’s abilities as a bandleader and composer are the true revelation of Enough Is Plenty. In fact, I’d say that title is patently misleading. Because the album’s 40-plus minutes are not nearly enough. Enough Is Plenty by Robinson Morse’s Sound of Mind is available at robinsonmorse.com. The band plays on Saturday, June 10, at Radio Bean in Burlington as part of the Burlington Discover Jazz Festival. (Morse also performs in other ensembles during the fest; see discoverjazz.com for more info.)

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Few figures in the realm of local jazz — or almost any musical idiom, really — are as widely respected among peers as Robinson Morse. The central Vermont bassist has been a scene cornerstone since he was a teenager — then laying down the funkdafied low end for Michael Chorney’s acclaimed “antacid” jazz ensemble viperHouse in the 1990s. Chorney is a frequent collaborator, and Morse has been the composer’s go-to double bassist on innumerable projects over the years. These include Chorney’s own otherworldly sonic pursuits to works by

— if you believe in that kind of mumbo jumbo. As the title suggests, things were changing for Panda around that time, both stylistically and professionally. The rootsy Americana of his previous efforts, What We Have Sewn and Joshua Panda, have all but disappeared. Instead, he’s replaced them with a soulful “AM Gold” sound with heavy Southern-rock influences. Shake It Up also marks his first turn as producer. A dozen Vermont musicians appear alongside him, including drummer Steve Hadeka, guitarist Lowell Thompson and expat keyboardist Leon Campos. Dan Davine engineered the album and plays multiple instruments. Throughout, Panda explores themes of change and perseverance. Titles

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barre/montpelier

stowe/smuggs

CHARLIE-O’S WORLD FAMOUS: DJ Jessbro Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

MOOGS PLACE: Dan Hatheway (acoustic), 6 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

outside vermont

MOOGS PLACE: Cal Stanton (blues), 7:30 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bluegrass Brunch, noon, free. Pickin’ Party with Dave Clark (bluegrass), 3 p.m., free.

middlebury area

HATCH 31: Erin Cassels-Brown (indie folk), 6 p.m., free. Kelly Ravin and Lowell Thompson (country), 7 p.m., free.

MON.12 burlington

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Lamp Shop Lit Club (open reading), 8 p.m., free. Tashi Dori, Threes (free-jazz), 10 p.m., $5. MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Karaoke, 9:30 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: The Zi Trees (singer-songwriter), 6 p.m., free. Jared McCloud, Seth Adam (alt-folk), 7 p.m., free. TreeHouse! (reggae, jam), 10:30 p.m., free. RED SQUARE: Mashtodon and Friends (hip-hop), 9 p.m., free. DJ KermiTT (hits), 10 p.m., free. RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: DJ Robbie J (dance), 7 p.m., free. SIDEBAR: Family Night (open jam), 9 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Class Performance, 7:30 p.m., free.

chittenden county

BACKSTAGE PUB: Open Mic, 9:30 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Kelly Ravin (country), 6 p.m., free. Motown Mondays (Motown DJs), 8 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

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MOOGS PLACE: Seth Yacovone (solo acoustic blues), 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

WED.14 // TIRZAH [ELECTRONIC]

chittenden county

OLIVE RIDLEY’S: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

ARTSRIOT: Robert Lighthouse & the Vermont Blues Allstars, 8 p.m., $10.

pioneer and London native Tricky’s 2014 album, Adrian Thaws. Though there’s no word

burlington

CITIZEN CIDER: Brett Hughes (country), 6 p.m., free. JP’S PUB: Karaoke, 10 p.m., free.

on an official full-length debut, Tirzah recently dropped the heavily Auto-Tuned ballad

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Irish Sessions (traditional), 7 p.m., free.

“Guilty,” which incorporates fuzzy guitars and orchestral strings into her eclectic, genre-

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Open Mic with Andy Lugo, 9 p.m., free.

crossing style. Tirzah performs on Wednesday, June 14, at Signal Kitchen in Burlington.

NECTAR’S: Vinyl Night with DJ Disco Phantom (vinyl DJs), 6 p.m., free. Ian Greenman (singersongwriter), 7 p.m., free. Ween Wednesday featuring Members of Tar Iguana, Grundlefunk, Swimmer and Barika (Ween tribute), 10 p.m., $3/5. 18+.

She opens for SPORTING LIFE and MOUNT KIMBIE.

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Trio (jazz), 6:30 p.m., free. Honey Hill (folk), 9 p.m., free. Honky Tonk Tuesday with Eric George & Friends, 10 p.m., $3.

THE GRYPHON: P’tit Trio (jazz), 8 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE: DJ Aras (dance), 10 p.m., free.

LIGHT CLUB LAMP SHOP: Ackerman, Old Sky (experimental pop), 8:30 p.m., free. The Wilderness (indie rock), 11 p.m., free.

RED SQUARE BLUE ROOM: SVPPLY (hip-hop), 7 p.m., free.

burlington

MANHATTAN PIZZA & PUB: Giovanina Bucci (singersongwriter), 9:30 p.m., free. NECTAR’S: Dead Set (Grateful Dead tribute), 10 p.m., $3/5.18+. RADIO BEAN: Stephen Callahan

Via Chicago « P.62 it’s all they demand / The same fucking bands,” he sings, leaving little doubt as to his feelings. “We might have to save that song until the last show,” he says with a guilty smile. Yates is quick to add that the frustrations that inspired the song are far from his permanent feelings. “My wife is so good about these kind of things,” he says. “After I showed her the song, she sort of said, ‘You know, you aren’t as ignored as you think.’” He adds, “And all nitpicking aside, this is a kick-ass town.” Eventually, Yates and the Affiliates found their niche, both with other local

SIDEBAR: Blackout Barbie & SVPPLY (hits), 10 p.m., free. THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Robert Lighthouse, a.m. rejoice (blues), 7 p.m., free. VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Imrpov Class Show, 7:30 p.m., free.

bands and with venues he felt were bolder with booking — namely, the Monkey House. “He has been a monster presence at the venue,” says Matt Rogers, a member of the Waking Windows Present booking collective and, for many years, the main talent buyer at the Monkey. Calling the BTV scene “small but vibrant,” Rogers believes Yates’ impending departure will “no doubt leave a big void.” That void isn’t just Yates’ music. Instead of just bitching about the scene, he often took matters into his own hands to make it better. “He gave us our first big break into the local scene,” explains Marc Scarano, front man for punk-rock trio Black Rabbit, who

chittenden county HIGHER GROUND SHOWCASE LOUNGE: Comedy Open Mic, 8 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: The Full Cleveland (yacht rock), 9 p.m., free. ON TAP BAR & GRILL: Trivia with Top Hat Entertainment, 7 p.m., free. SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: King Arthur Junior (solo acoustic), 8 p.m., free. WATERWORKS FOOD + DRINK: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (BURLINGTON): Hannah Fair (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont

blend of club and hip-hop beats, overdriven bass, disruptive noise and leisurely R&B Mica Levi, who performs under the name Micachu. She also appeared on trip-hop

SIGNAL KITCHEN: Mount Kimbie, Sporting Life, Tirzah (electronic), 8:30 p.m., $18/20.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Karaoke with Roots Entertainment, 9 p.m., free.

London Calling London seems to produce a never-ending parade of

vocals unite in familiar and perplexing ways. She’s worked extensively with composer

SIDEBAR: Jess Novak (folk), 7 p.m., free. Lil Monsters Presents (hip-hop), 10 p.m., free.

VERMONT COMEDY CLUB: Standup Open Mic, 7 p.m., free. The Transcendental Comedy Experience (experimental comedy), 9 p.m., free.

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forward-thinking, cutting-edge electronic pop artists. Tirzah is one such creator. Her

RED SQUARE: Zach Rhoads Trio (rock), 7 p.m., free. DJ Cre8 (hip-hop), 11 p.m., free.

RÍ RÁ THE IRISH LOCAL & WHISKEY ROOM: The County Down (Celtic, eclectic), 7:30 p.m., free. RADIO BEAN: Thomas Knight (singer-songwriter), 7 p.m., free. Olivia Quillo (folk, soul), 8 p.m., free. Ben Cosgrove (contemporary instrumental), 9 p.m., free. The Hydes (rock), 10:30 p.m., free. Adventure Dog (rock), midnight, free.

released one of 2015’s most acclaimed local records, Red Flannel Hash. “He emailed me after he dug up an MP3 that I had posted on the Big Heavy World message board,” Scarano says. “I bet there are a lot of similar stories out there, because I’ve seen him do the same thing for other bands.” Yates, who for years hosted a weekly radio show on St. Mike’s WWPV-LP 92.5 FM, has scouted his last local band, because Chicago beckons. “I’m excited to test the waters in a bigger music scene,” he says. “There’s this great history of pop rock in Chicago. I think my music could do well there.” He’ll have to do it alone — at least until he finds a new band in the Windy City.

JERICHO CAFÉ & TAVERN: Bluegrass Jam Session, 7 p.m., free.

MISTER SISTER: Godfather Karaoke with Wolfie, 9 p.m., free. MONKEY HOUSE: Grassfed with the King and Captain (bluegrass), 8 p.m., $3/8. 18+. SUGARHOUSE BAR & GRILL: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

barre/montpelier

SWEET MELISSA’S: D. Davis (acoustic), 5:30 p.m., donation. WHAMMY BAR: Open Mic, 7 p.m., free.

stowe/smuggs

MOOGS PLACE: Christine Malcolm (folk), 8 p.m., free.

middlebury area CITY LIMITS NIGHT CLUB: Karaoke, 9 p.m., free.

TWO BROTHERS TAVERN: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free. Open Mic Night, 9 p.m., free.

northeast kingdom PARKER PIE CO.: Trivia Night, 7 p.m., free.

outside vermont MONOPOLE: Open Mic with Lucid, 10 p.m., free.

THE SKINNY PANCAKE (HANOVER): Bow Thayer (folk-rock), 7:30 p.m., free. !

“It’s a bit intimidating to even navigate the question,” Yates admits. “But I’ve been here before, when I formed the Affiliates. I had a record, and I had Craigslist. I’ll have those again. “The only thing that will change in Chicago will be the filter, the band that plays my songs,” he continues. “Big life events change how I write, not the town I’m in.” ! Contact: music@sevendaysvt.com

INFO Phil Yates & the Affiliates, Black Rabbit, Mike Holland of the Dazies, Friday, June 9, 9 p.m., at the Monkey House in Winooski. $3/8. 18+. philyates.com

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STOWE/SMUGGS AREA

CLAIRE’S RESTAURANT & BAR, 41 Main St., Hardwick, 472-7053 CORK WINE BAR & MARKET OF STOWE, 35 School St., Stowe, 760-6143 MARTELL’S AT THE RED FOX, 87 Edwards Rd., Jeffersonville, 644-5060 MATTERHORN, 4969 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-8198 MOOGS PLACE, Portland St., Morrisville, 851-8225 PIECASSO PIZZERIA & LOUNGE, 899 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4411 RIMROCKS MOUNTAIN TAVERN, 394 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-9593 THE RUSTY NAIL, 1190 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-6245 STOWEHOF INN, 434 Edson Hill Rd., Stowe, 253-9722 SUSHI YOSHI, 1128 Mountain Rd., Stowe, 253-4135

MAD RIVER VALLEY/ WATERBURY

BIG PICTURE THEATER & CAFÉ, 48 Carroll Rd., Waitsfield, 496-8994 THE CENTER BAKERY & CAFÉ, 2007 Guptil Rd., Waterbury Center, 244-7500 CORK WINE BAR & MARKET, 40 Foundry St., Waterbury, 882-8227

MIDDLEBURY AREA

51 MAIN AT THE BRIDGE, 51 Main St., Middlebury, 3888209 BAR ANTIDOTE, 35C Green St., Vergennes, 877-2555 CITY LIMITS, 14 Greene St., Vergennes, 877-6919 HATCH 31, 31 Main St., Bristol, 453-2774 TOURTERELLE, 3629 Ethan Allen Hwy., New Haven, 453-6309 TWO BROTHERS TAVERN LOUNGE & STAGE, 86 Main St., Middlebury, 388-0002

RUTLAND AREA

HOP’N MOOSE BREWERY CO., 41 Center St., Rutland, 775-7063 PICKLE BARREL NIGHTCLUB, Killington Rd., Killington, 422-3035

CHAMPLAIN ISLANDS/ NORTHWEST

BAYSIDE PAVILION, 15 Georgia Shore Rd., St. Albans, 524-0909 SNOW SHOE LODGE & PUB, 13 Main St., Montgomery Center, 326-4456 TWIGGS — AN AMERICAN GASTROPUB, 28 N. Main St., St. Albans, 524-1405

UPPER VALLEY

BREAKING GROUNDS, 245 Main St., Bethel, 392-4222 WINDSOR STATION RESTAURANT & BARROOM, 26 Depot Ave., Windsor, 674-4180

NORTHEAST KINGDOM

BIG JAY TAVERN, 3709 Mountain Rd., Montgomery, 326-6688 COLATINA EXIT, 164 Main St., Bradford, 222-9008 JASPER’S TAVERN, 71 Seymour La., Newport, 334-2224 MARTELL’S AT THE FOX, 87 Edwards Rd., Jeffersonville, 644-5060 MUSIC BOX, 147 Creek Rd., Craftsbury, 586-7533 PARKER PIE CO., 161 County Rd., West Glover, 525-3366 PHAT KATS TAVERN, 101 Depot St., Lyndonville, 626-3064 THE PUB OUTBACK, 482 Vt. 114, East Burke, 626-1188 THE STAGE, 45 Broad St., Lyndonville, 427-3344 TAMARACK GRILL, 223 Shelburne Lodge Rd., East Burke, 626-7390

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MONOPOLE, 7 Protection Ave., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-563-2222 NAKED TURTLE, 1 Dock St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-566-6200. OLIVE RIDLEY’S, 37 Court St., Plattsburgh, N.Y., 518-324-2200 PALMER ST. COFFEE HOUSE, 4 Palmer St., Plattsburgh, N.Y. 518-561-6920 THE SKINNY PANCAKE, 3 Lebanon St., Hanover, N.H., 603-277-9115

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BACKSTAGE PUB, 60 Pearl St., Essex Jct., 878-5494 GOOD TIMES CAFÉ, Rt. 116, Hinesburg, 482-4444 HIGHER GROUND, 1214 Williston Rd., S. Burlington, 652-0777 HINESBURGH PUBLIC HOUSE, 10516 Vt., 116 #6A, Hinesburg, 482-5500

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n public, bells and whistles can proclaim a marriage or death or simply relay the time of day. In your pocket, they can announce the cold, digitized end of a relationship — or, more often, some forgettable interruption. Visitors to the exhibit “Bells & Whistles,” at the Museum of Everyday Life in Glover, are invited to dig deeper into the chirps and dings that have become the defining sounds of our daily lives. In contrast to last year’s exhibit, “Mirror/Mirror,” which was heavy on visual stimulation, “Bells & Whistles” is primarily an auditory experience. One installation features a recording of Silbo Gomero, which the accompanying description notes as “a distinct, whistled language” from La Gomera, one of the Spanish Canary Islands. Two islanders communicate in the fascinating language, making sounds that can travel up to five kilometers across the mountainous cliffs. Other ways in which humans whistle are far less enchanting. A wolf whistle, the exhibit reveals, is not only a term for harassment of women on the streets but an actual product available for creeps to purchase. Wolf Whistle is a small blue plastic whistle with packaging that shows a wolfman in a yellow jacket whistling at a wide-eyed, buxom woman. “Tell Her You Care!” it reads. MoEL chief operating philosopher Clare Dolan said she recently purchased this new, and she doesn’t think it’s sold as a farce.

Just below the wolf whistle is a package of Protect-Yourself Whistles from the 1970s, which women were instructed to blow when they felt in danger. The juxtaposition invites considerations of who has the power to disrupt the silence with a shrill call for attention that, in one way or another, affects women’s bodies and safety. Just past the wolf is the sheep, in the form of a re-creation of a costume worn by the Halubian bell ringers of Croatia. Dolan said that she worked on this with Marcella Houghton and Kylie Gellatly. Clad in lamb’s wool and horns, with bells attached, these men parade through the streets shaking their bells to ward off the spirits of winter. The garment smells strongly, though not unpleasantly, of the unwashed livestock from which it was made. Given that the museum occupies an old dairy barn, this feels appropriate. By their nature, sounds are usually beyond the realm of individual ownership and consumption. A section called “Bells & Whistles at Home” explores how such sounds have moved from the communal realm, such as church bells, to the family home — perhaps a cuckoo clock — to our personal devices, whose beeping alerts their owners as well as bystanders. Perhaps fittingly, visitors’ cellphones aren’t likely to make much noise at the museum, as reception is spotty in the Northeast Kingdom.

“BELLS & WHISTLES” SHOWS THAT THE ONES WITH THE TOOLS TO MAKE NOISE

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Halubian bell ringer

Displayed here are the bells and whistles of the pre-digital era: a rotary phone, a whistling teakettle, bird-shaped pie whistles that release the steam from baking pastries. The bellows of a cuckoo clock come with instructions on how to gently squeeze them to make the iconic sound. Rows of manual alarm clocks, set to go off at random times, are installed on the wall. One clock startled this reporter when it sounded and violently crashed to the floor, losing its battery in the process. (It was unintentional; Dolan said later that she would secure the clocks.) Though often shiny, the show’s bells and whistles are generally more notable for their sounds, social contexts and histories than for their appearances. But one installation is both visually stunning and lovely to hear. The untitled piece, created by Dolan and a group of volunteers,

consists of a piece of black netting, about 15 by 8 feet, to which are fastened 600 small brass bells. Displayed in front of a matte black wall, it evokes a night sky full of shimmering stars. The bottom of the curtain is attached to a thread spool, which is glued to a slowly running phonograph; the motion makes the bells jingle as if swaying in a light wind. The undulating bells foment a sensation of delicate resonance in a tranquil environment — a sort of private bell show. The only thing stopping a visitor from shaking the curtain to augment the tinkling is inhibition — or contentment with the subtle sounds as they are. Beside the bell curtain is a section called “Spirituality,” which features bells from Tibet, Nepal and Thailand and a recording of church bells in Europe and Russia, played every 15 minutes. Here, museumgoers are invited to sit on

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CALL TO ARTISTS: Seeking artists to display work during two-month-long exhibitions. To apply, email work samples with dimensions to gm@dailyplanetvt.com. Deadline is rolling. The Daily Planet, Burlington. Info, 862-9647. ENERGY COMMONS BIKE RACK: Burlington City Arts and ECHO welcome proposals for a bike-rack design that creatively interprets the themes of the forthcoming Energy Commons public space. The selected proposal will be accomplished with a budget of $8,000 to $15,000. For details, email skatz@burlingtoncityarts.org. Deadline: July 17. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington. ENERGY COMMONS INSTALLATION: ECHO and Burlington City Arts are soliciting proposals from qualified individuals or firms for the design and fabrication of an art installation for a new public space to be located on ECHO’s northern campus. The selected proposal for a large-scale, iconic and highly visible focal point for Burlington’s waterfront will receive a budget of $50,000 to $80,000. Interested individuals and firms are invited to attend an info session at ECHO on June 20 at 9:30 a.m. For details, email skatz@burlingtoncityarts. org. Deadline: July 10. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain, Burlington. FESTIVAL OF THE ARTS: The Cambridge Arts Council invites artists, artisans and vendors to register for this ninth annual summer arts festival, to be held Saturday, August 12. To register, visit cambridgeartsvt.org/fota. Deadline: August 1. Downtown Jeffersonville. $40 booth fee; $25 for students. Info, 633-2388. FIRST NIGHT NORTH: Performing artists of all kinds are invited to take the stage at St. Johnsbury’s 25th annual New Year’s Eve festival of the arts. To receive an online application form, send a blank email to jsprout@ catamountarts.org with “First Night 2018” in the subject line. Rolling deadline. Various St. Johnsbury locations. Info, 633-3043. ‘LAND AND LIGHT AND WATER AND AIR’: Welcoming submissions for this annual fall juried exhibition of Vermont and New England landscape paintings. For details and to submit, visit bryangallery.org. Deadline: July 14. Bryan Memorial Gallery, Jeffersonville. Info, 644-5100. ‘MOST PHOTOGRAPHED’: Peacham community members invite photographers of all stripes to submit to their “Most Photographed” contest, a fundraiser to restore the iconic and much-loved Peacham Congregational Church and Meeting House. Members of the public will vote for their favorite photo of the church at the Peacham Picnic on July 16. For details and to submit, visit peachamchurch.org. Deadline: July 9. Peacham Congregational Church. Info, 227-3132.

RIVER ARTS INVITATIONAL: Accepting submissions of work for the upcoming water-power-themed group exhibition. All work should be ready to hang and measure at least 20 by 20 inches in size. To apply, send an artist’s statement or proposal (up to two pages), CV and images or video to gallery@ riverartsvt.org. For image and video specs, visit riverarts.org. Deadline: June 15. Gallery at River Arts, Morrisville. Info, 888-1261. SOLO & SMALL GROUP SHOWS 2018: Inviting proposals for upcoming exhibitions. To submit, send a brief written statement about yourself or the artist group and what you want to accomplish with a show, as well as a CD or DVD with eight to 12 images of representative work. Label carefully with name, medium, size, price and date of your work. Mail submissions to 201 N. Main Street, Barre, VT 05641. Deadline: June 9. Studio Place Arts, Barre. Free for members; $10 for nonmembers. Info, 479-7069. SOUTH END ART HOP: Registration is now open for the 25th annual South End Art Hop, to take place September 8 to 10. For details, visit seaba.com/art-hop. Deadline: June 16. SEABA Center, Burlington. Info, 859-9222. STITCH & BITCH GUEST SPEAKERS: Calling all passionate, socially engaged female and nonbinary creators and thinkers: Generator VT seeks guest speakers to present at weekly Wednesday “Stitch & Bitch” meetups, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Speakers will receive six $10 vouchers for Generator classes. If interested, email sewing@generatorvt.com. Deadline is rolling. Generator, Burlington. Info, 540-0761. TEMPORARY OUTDOOR FABRIC INSTALLATION: Welcoming submissions from artists and/or artist-led teams for a project utilizing existing fabric to design and implement a temporary outdoor installation for “Of Land & Local” in September 2017. For details and to submit, visit burlingtoncityarts. org/saffron. Deadline: June 19. Burlington City Arts. Info, ajimenez@burlingtoncityarts.org. VERMONT STUDIO CENTER FELLOWSHIP: Artists and writers applying for residencies before June 15 will be automatically considered for a VSC Fellowship. For details and to apply, visit vermontstudiocenter. org/fellowships. Deadline: June 15. Vermont Studio Center, Johnson. $25 application fee. Info, 635-2727. WALL TO CANVAS: Seeking artists that use wheat paste, stencils, collage, spray paint, markers, etc., to create unique pieces of art during a live art competition and fundraiser at the Magic Hat Artifactory in August. $500 cash prize. For details and to apply, visit magichat.net/walltocanvas. Deadline: June 30. Shelburne Craft School. Info, info@ theshelburnecraftschool.org.

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“Bells & Whistles,” through May 2018 at the Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. museumofeverydaylife.org

CALL FOR ENTRIES: Call for entries to the 2017 AVA Gallery and Art Center’s juried summer exhibition. Deadline for preregistration for hand-delivered submissions is June 15. Details: avagallery.org/category/exhibitions/ calls-for-artists. AVA Gallery and Art Center, Lebanon N.H.. $20 for slideroom; $30-40 other.Info, 603-448-3117.

‘PORTALS’: Welcoming submissions of photography that use portal-like devices, such as frames, windows or mirrors, in intriguing ways for an upcoming exhibition to be juried by LENSCRATCH founder Aline Smithson. For details and to submit, visit photoplacegallery. com. Deadline: June 26. PhotoPlace Gallery, Middlebury. One to five photographs for $35; $6 for each additional. Info, 388-4500.

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in Philadelphia by George and Martha Washington on the property that is now home to the Liberty Bell Center. Judge ran away to freedom in New Hampshire and was never returned to bondage, much to the ire of our first president, who is often lauded for doing something related Wolf Whistle to freedom in this country. Like previous MoEL exhibits, this one places the rousing, the mundane, the disturbing and the whimsical in close quarters. Visitors may leave inspired and unsettled, with a messier and broader understanding of everyday objects and their cultural context. As a whole, “Bells & Whistles” shows that the ones with the tools to make noise are the ones with the power. The exhibit’s introductory text refers to “the whistleblower, protestor against injustice, who draws his name from the very same tool of authority.” Although no specific displays address the concept of whistleblowers, “Bells & Whistles” can lead to a contemplation of the role of the master’s tools. Perhaps they cannot, as Audre Lorde noted, be used to dismantle the master’s house, but occasionally they can pierce the silence and ring in something true. !

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pillows on the floor. They may find themselves reflecting on the layers of sound the corner holds — the humming and rumbling from other visitors and the continued ringing of the bells, indifferent to ambient vibrations. That relaxing break might help visitors take in the final section of the exhibition, which showcases various ways in which whistles and bells have been used to enforce authority. The description of “Authority,” which contains police and military whistles, notes that police “have the sometimes conflicting assignments to serve and protect both the state apparatus and its people.” Photos show large metal bells being confiscated by the U.S. military in the Philippines and by the Nazis in the Netherlands. In addition to seizing the sounds of an occupied culture, the Nazis melted down the bells’ metals to Selection of bells transform them into weaponry and armor. A re- produced poem from Kentucky, titled “Melt the Bells,” urges Confederates to do the same with their own bells. David Fairbanks Ford, proprietor of the Main Street Museum in White River Junction, collaborated with MoEL for a display on the Liberty Bell. Below Liberty Bell tchotchkes is an arrangement of objects that warrants close examination: bark, rocks and a feather from what is probably the final resting place of Ona Judge. She was enslaved

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! ELISE WHITTEMORE: “Specimens,” woodblock prints inspired by the artist’s time drawing dried algae in the Pringle Herbarium at the University of Vermont. Reception: Thursday, July 13, 5-7 p.m. June 8-August 18. Info, 888-1261. River Arts in Morrisville. ! KATIE LOESEL: “Geology in the Anthropocene,” drawings and monoprints that explore ideas of geological history, microscopic surfaces and rocky formations. Reception: Thursday, July 13, 5-7 p.m. June 8-August 18. Info, 888-1261. Gallery at River Arts in Morrisville.

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! GINNY JOYNER: “Blooming,” watercolor paintings and prints by the Colchester artist. Reception: Friday, June 9, 4-6 p.m. June 9-July 17. Info, 453-4032. Art on Main in Bristol.

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! MEMBERS’ EXHIBITION: An annual open group

exhibition featuring works by center members. Reception: Saturday, June 10, 5-7 p.m. June 10-July 9. Info, 438-2097. The Carving Studio & Sculpture Center in West Rutland.

champlain islands/northwest ! BARBARA ZUCKER: “Time Signatures,”

sculptures by the Burlington-based artist. ! KATHLEEN GODDU: “Artistic Endeavors,” works by the Maine-based textile artist. Reception: Friday, June 9, 6-8 p.m. June 9-July 17. Info, 355-2150. GreenTARA in North Hero.

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JULIE BLACKMON: “The Everyday Fantastic,” an exhibition of photos from the artist’s “Homegrown” series of carefully choreographed scenes in her hometown of Springfield, Mo. June 9-August 27. Info, 603-646-2426. Hood Downtown in Hanover, N.H.

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ART EVENTS ART + SOUL 2017: An evening celebration featuring local art inspired by the mission of this year’s beneficiary, the USCRI Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program. Proceeds from art sold will be split 50/50 between the nonprofit and the artist. Dunkiel Saunders Elliott Raubvogel & Hand, Burlington, Thursday, June 8, 5:30-9 p.m. Info, information@dunkielsaunders.com. ‘ART INSPIRED BY THE ARCHIVES: VERMONT STATE HOSPITAL’: Artist Sarah-Lee Terrat and filmmaker Bryce Douglass tell the story of how Vermont State Hospital records held by the Vermont State Archives and the lives of former patients inspired the mural at the new Waterbury State Office Complex. The event will include a film documentary about the making of the mural, as well as an exhibit of original archival records that inspired the artwork. Vermont State Archives & Records Administration, Middlesex, Wednesday, June 7, 5-8 p.m. Info, 828-2308. ‘COLORFUL BBQ’ FUNDRAISER: A benefit dinner for Valley Arts that allows guests to preview the annual Green Mountain Watercolor Show. Lareau Farm Inn, Waitsfield, Wednesday, June 14, 6-9 p.m. $100. Info, 496-6682. OUTDOOR GALLERY: Metal art by Jon Pintello and “birdscapes” by Neal Vargas. Freedom Forge, Castleton, Sunday, June 11, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Info, 353-2353.

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READING: ROSAMOND PURCELL: The photographer reads from her book Owls Head, On the Nature of Lost Things, a meditation on her 20-year friendship with William Buckminster, an eccentric collector of other people’s castoffs. BigTown Gallery, Rochester, Sunday, June 11, 5 p.m. Info, info@bigtowngallery.com. TALK: THE LOVINGS, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT: A CONVERSATION WITH BARBARA VILLET ’52 AND ANN VILLET ’87: Late photographer Grey Villet’s

wife and daughter speak about his life and career. Mahaney Center for the Arts, Middlebury College, Saturday, June 10, 9:30 a.m. Info, 443-5007. TALK: TORIN PORTER: The Glover sculptor speaks in conjunction with his exhibition “Before Words.” Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts, Brattleboro, Saturday, June 10, 5-7 p.m. Info, 251-8290. WORLDWIDE ‘KNIT IN PUBLIC’ DAY: Must Love Yarn and nido invite fiber enthusiasts to join in this community potluck and craft session. Oakledge Park, Burlington, Saturday, June 10, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Info, info@nidovt.com.

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‘ALNOBAK: WEARING OUR HERITAGE’: An exhibition of recent works by contemporary Abenaki artists paired with historic garments, accessories, photographs and prints that reflect previous generations. Organized by the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum in partnership with the Vermont Abenaki Artists Association. Through June 17. Info, 652-4500. Amy E. Tarrant Gallery in Burlington. ‘BUTTERFLIES’: This exhibit of live butterflies explores one of Earth’s most beautiful and unique creatures. Discover their fascinating life cycle and how we can protect their place in the natural environment. Through September 4. Regular museum admission: $13.50-16.50. Info, 877-324-6386. ECHO Leahy Center for Lake Champlain in Burlington. DANIEL SCHECHNER: “Defining America,” a series of photos taken in Vermont. Through July 4. Info, 865-6223. Cavendish Gallery in Burlington. EMILY MITCHELL: Narrative paintings by the Richmond artist. Through June 30. Info, 859-9222. SEABA Center in Burlington.

! FESTIVAL OF FINE ARTS: An annual exhibition of juried works by 29 Vermont artists. Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-8 p.m., awards ceremony, 7 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 859-9222. Art’s Alive Gallery @ Main Street Landing’s Union Station in Burlington. ‘FRAME, FOCUS, CLICK’: An exhibition of photographs by participants of VSA Vermont’s spring course in digital photography, taught by Alexandra Turner. Through June 30. Info, 238-5170. ‘STRENGTH IN NUMBERS’ ANNUAL SHOW: Works by Vermont art teachers, who meet monthly to share work and support one another in their artistic practices. Through July 30. Info, dorseyhogg@gmail.com. Fletcher Free Library in Burlington. GALEN CHENEY: “Street Level,” a solo exhibition of abstract works with inspiration drawn from Arabic script and urban graffiti. Through June 12. Info, cthompson@champlain.edu. Champlain College Art Gallery in Burlington. ‘HERE STILL’: Portraits by Vermont painters Kate Longmaid, Nathaniel J Moody and Corrine Yonce. Through July 25. Info, joseph@newcitygalerie.org. Info, 355-5440. New City Galerie in Burlington. ‘HERE TO THERE’: A “farewell” exhibition of works by married artists John Brickels and Wendy James, longtime exhibitors at Frog Hollow who are moving out of state. Through June 30. Info, 863-6458. Frog Hollow Vermont Craft Gallery in Burlington. HILARY ANN LOVE GLASS: Works by the Burlington illustrator, printmaker, tattoo artist and winner of Magic Hat’s 2017 Art Hop Ale label competition. Through August 31. Info, 658-6016. Speeder & Earl’s Coffee, Pine Street, in Burlington. JUSTIN HOEKSTRA: “Heavy Smile,” a solo exhibition of large-scale abstract paintings by the former BCA artist-in-residence. Through July 9. Info, 865-7166. Vermont Metro Gallery, BCA Center, in Burlington.

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Julie Blackmon With her works on view in “The Everyday Fantastic,”

the Missouri-based photographer carefully constructs images within her own hometown, infusing familiar scenes of Middle America with uncanniness. Opening on Friday, June 9, at the Hood Downtown in Hanover, N.H., the exhibition features selections from Blackmon’s “Homegrown” series, images of “normal” white suburbia that look eerily arrested. These works have the quality of a sci-fi scene just before things start to get really interesting — the aliens are on their way, and home will never look the same again. Through August 27. Pictured: “Peggy’s Beauty Shop.” ‘PAPER VIEW’: Iskra Print Collective showcases works made during its spring 2017 classes, featuring prints by Liza Cowan, Diane Culotta, Will Gebhard, Serdar Gizer, Julius Higgins, Yeshua Hill, Michelle Hobbs, Jabari Jones, Meryl Kremer, Ada Leaphart, Macy Margolin, Kate Robinson, Jeremy Smith and Danielle Vogl. Through June 16. Info, 516263-7335. Karma Bird House Gallery in Burlington. ‘PASSED PRESENT FUTURE’: A group exhibition of sculpture, painting, mixed media and photography that grapples with the subject of time. Artists are Paul Higham, Brooke Monte, Sarah Smith and Julie Ward. Through June 30. Info, asm.exhibitions@ gmail.com. RL Photo in Burlington. PETER RICHARDS: “A Hair in the Stars and Grass,” abstract painting by the Vermont artist. Through July 1. Info, 578-2512. The S.P.A.C.E. Gallery in Burlington. ‘READY. FIRE! AIM.’: A group exhibition that explores the psychology of impulsive action and strategic thinking, in collaboration with the Hall Art Foundation and inspired by Andy and Christine Hall’s collecting philosophy. Through July 9. Info,

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865-7166. BCA Center in Burlington. ROBERT WALDO BRUNELLE JR.: “The Old Neighborhood,” paintings inspired by vintage photographs of Rutland, as well as colorful kinetic sculptures. Through July 31. Info, 859-9222. The Gallery at Main Street Landing in Burlington. ‘VERMONT LANDSCAPE & WATER’: A group exhibition featuring seasonal landscapes by Vermont artists Sean Dye, Phil Laughlin, Sandra Reese and Ken Russack. Through July 29. SARAH BUNKER: A solo exhibition of works in acrylic, oils pastels, graphite and collage. Through June 15. Info, 860-4972. Black Horse Gallery in Burlington.

! SEABA ‘MEMBERS ONLY’ SHOW: A juried exhibition of works by members of the South End Arts and Business Association. Reception: Friday, July 7, 5-8 p.m. Through August 31. Info, 651-9692. VCAM Studio in Burlington.

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kinetic sculptural works and small installations. ! ‘ARTCADE’: An exhibit of artist-customized PinBox 3000s, presented by the Cardboard Teck Instantute. ! CHRIS JEFFREY: “Color & Movement,” painted assemblages and a light installation by the Montpelier artist. Reception: Thursday, June 8, 5:30-7:30 p.m. Through July 8. Info, 479-7069. Studio Place Arts in Barre. ‘A CHANGE IN THE WEATHER’: Alaskan landscape paintings by Adelaide Murphy Tyrol and photographs by Richard Murphy. Through July 7. VERMONT PROFESSIONAL PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION: A group exhibit of images by members of the VPP, a branch of Professional Photographers of America. Through June 30. Info, 262-6035. T.W. Wood Gallery in Montpelier.

! ‘CONNECTION: THE ART OF COMING TOGETHER’: An exhibition curated by Ric Kasini Kadour, publisher of Vermont Art Guide, featuring works in a variety of mediums by 17 artists who were selected through their relationships to other Vermont artists. Closing reception: Friday, October 6, 4-8 p.m. Through October 6. Info, ric@ kasinihouse.com. Spotlight Gallery in Montpelier.

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DJ BARRY: “The Leftovers,” stencil and spray-paint designs by the Vermont artist. Through June 30. Info, 223-3338. Kellogg-Hubbard Library in Montpelier. ‘FREAKS, RADICALS & HIPPIES: COUNTERCULTURE IN 1970S VERMONT’: An exhibition that explores the influx of people and countercultural ideas to the state, from communes to organic agriculture, progressive politics to health care reform, alternative energy to women’s and gay rights. Through December 31. Info, 479-8500. Vermont Heritage Galleries in Barre. HARRIET WOOD: A retrospective of abstract paintings by the Marshfield artist. Through June 16. Info, 454-8311. Eliot D. Pratt Library, Goddard College, in Plainfield. Through October 31. Info, 434-2167. Birds of Vermont Museum in Huntington. ‘CHICKENS!’: A group exhibition of chicken-themed works by local artists. Through August 31. Info, ealexander22@yahoo.com. Jericho Town Hall. ‘THE HISTORY OF RACING IN MILTON’: An exhibition about the town’s role as a Chittenden County stock-car-racing hot spot. Through October 31. Info, 363-2598. Milton Historical Society.

WENDY BREEDEN: Watercolors, collage and charcoal drawings by the Stowe artist. Through June 30. Info, 864-2088. Salon Salon, Winooski. ‘WILD FIBERS’: A group exhibition of works by Vermont members of the Surface Design Association. Through July 9. Info, 899-3211. Emile A. Gruppe Gallery in Jericho.

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JO MACKENZIE: “Moments,” watercolor paintings on paper featuring domestic interiors and florals. Through June 30. Info, 828-0749. Governor’s Gallery in Montpelier.

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MARIA ANGHELACHE: “From Nature to Abstract,” pastel and acrylic works on paper and canvas. Through June 30. Info, 828-0749. Vermont Supreme Court Gallery in Montpelier.

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‘SHOW 17’: Latest works by members of the Vermont-based contemporary artists’ collective gallery. Through June 10. Info, 272-0908. The Front in Montpelier.

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‘FROM GENERATION TO GENERATION … WE ARE HERE!’: An exhibition of photos, narratives and documents belonging to JCOGS members and their families, giving testimony of their families’ lives before, during and after World War II. Through July 31. Info, 253-1800. Jewish Community of Greater Stowe. INAUGURAL SHOW: The new Morrisville gallery space celebrates its grand opening opening with an exhibition of works by Marie LaPre’ Grabon, Kathleen Johanna Lovell and Jude Prashaw. Through June 9. Info, kathleenjlovell@gmail.com. Pretty Lights Gallery in Morrisville. ‘LEGACY COLLECTION 2017’: Works by 19 living and 14 deceased artists whose art continues the legacy of Alden and Mary Bryan. Through December 23. ‘TRAVELLING ARTISTS’: A group show of more than 100 artworks by 60 artists from their travels around the world. Through June 25. Info, 644-5100. Bryan Memorial Gallery in Jeffersonville. NORTHERN VERMONT ARTISTS ASSOCIATION JUNE JURIED SHOW: Works by more than 50 artist members of Vermont’s oldest arts organization. Through July 1. Info, 644-8183. Visions of Vermont Art Galleries in Jeffersonville. STOWE/SMUGGS SHOWS

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! ‘STREETWISE’: A juried exhibition of street photography from around the world. Reception: Saturday, June 10, 5-7 p.m. Through June 18. Info, 777-3686. Darkroom Gallery in Essex Junction.

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‘PERCEPTIONS MADE FINER’: A group show featuring the work of Carolyn Enz Hack, as well as Bonnie Acker, Robert Bent, Jeri Lynn Eisenberg, Kevin Fahey, Betsey Garand, Philip Hagopian, Shane Harris, Karen Henderson, Kathleen Kolb, Beth Pearson, HM Saffer, Jessica Scriver, Alexis Serio, Carolyn Shattuck, Jozie Furchgott Sourdiffe, Phoebe Stone and Shiao-Ping Wang. Through July 18. Info, 985-3848. Furchgott Sourdiffe Gallery in Shelburne.

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‘PIECED TRADITIONS: JEAN LOVELL COLLECTS’: Historic bedcovers gathered by the Californiabased collector and longtime friend of the Shelburne Museum. Through October 31. ‘WILD SPACES, OPEN SEASONS: HUNTING AND FISHING IN AMERICAN ART’: An exhibition exploring the visual culture of hunting and fishing in painting and sculpture from the early 19th century to World War II. Through August 23. Info, 985-3346. Shelburne Museum.

JAMES LUND & JENEANE LUNN: Paintings in watercolor and pastel by the couple, who have summered in Italy since 2011. Through August 15. Info, 479-7069. Morse Block Deli in Barre.

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NVAA JURIED SHOW: The 86th annual juried group exhibition of works by members of the Northern Vermont Artist Association. Visions of Vermont, Jeffersonville. Through June 30. Info, 644-8183. PHOTOS BY MARIE LAPRÉ GRABON: Photographs by the Vermont artist. Through June 30. Info, 635-7423. Dream Café in Johnson. THE RIVER WORKS PROJECT COMMUNITY SURVEY: River Arts invites the community to learn about, give feedback and share ideas concerning the upcoming public art installation, “River Works.” Viewers are encouraged to share their stories of the Lamoille River and Oxbow, present questions about the area, as well as thoughts about the project. Info gathered will be used to inform the final art installations. Through June 15. Info, 888-1261. Morrisville Post Office. VERMONT LANDSCAPES: An exhibition of 38 artworks by 20 artists, featuring landscapes in oil, watercolor, pastel and acrylics, curated by Bryan Memorial Gallery. Through June 30. Info, 644-5100. Lamoille County Courthouse in Hyde Park.

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‘4 PENCILS FROM WARREN’: Vermont architects John Anderson, Jim Sanford, David Sellers and John Connell exhibit hand drawings, models and cartoons. Subjects range from houses to electric cars to the Gesundheit Hospital ear examining room to Burlington’s Moran Plant. Through June 30. Info, 496-2787. Madsonian Museum of Industrial Design in Waitsfield. ‘INDUSTRIAL DESIGN: MOTORCYLES’: Classic motorcycles and cars along with related motoring art and motorabilia at the Bauhaus modern building in the woods. Through July 9. Info, 583-5832. Bundy Modern in Waitsfield.

! KELLY HOLT: “Raconteur,” an exhibition of

experimental photography and mixed-media works that suggest narratives of energy in urban environments. Reception: Friday, June 23, 6-8 p.m. Through June 24. Info, 244-7801. Axel’s Gallery & Frame Shop in Waterbury.

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‘THE BAKER’S DOZEN’: A selection of works by BigTown artists, both new and long-established, in a show dedicated to longtime gallery friend and supporter Varujan Boghosian. Through July 23. Info, 349-0979. BigTown Gallery Vergennes.

! ‘THE COLOR OF LIGHT’: A juried group

exhibition of works addressing the theme “the color of light,” curated by Andrea Rosen of the Fleming Museum. Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-7 p.m. Through June 30. Info, 989-7419. Edgewater Gallery on the Green in Middlebury.

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‘THE DAMES’: Oral history recordings and photographic portraits featuring 13 members of the National Society of Colonial Dames of America in Vermont. Through August 19. Info, 388-4964. Vermont Folklife Center in Middlebury.

! ‘DEAR WILD ONES’: An exhibition of nature-

themed paintings and sculptures by Rebecca Kinkead and Eben Markowski, respectively. Reception: Friday, June 9, 5-8 p.m. Through July 9. Info, 877-2173. Northern Daughters in Vergennes.

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ELAINE ITTLEMAN: Large, bold and colorful abstract landscapes by the Shoreham artist. Through June 25. Info, 382-9222. Jackson Gallery, Town Hall Theater, in Middlebury.

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‘SABRA FIELD, NOW AND THEN: A RETROSPECTIVE’: An exhibition exploring the depth and diversity of the artist’s six decades as a printmaker, in conjunction with her 60th Middlebury College reunion. ‘THE LOVINGS, AN INTIMATE PORTRAIT: PHOTOGRAPHS BY GREY VILLET’: Twenty photographs drawn largely from the photographer’s germinal 1965 LIFE magazine photo essay telling the remarkable love story of interracial couple Mildred and Richard Loving. ‘YOUNG AMERICA: ROY LICHTENSTEIN AND THE AMERICA’S CUP’: An exhibit recounting the history of the pop artist’s 1994 commission to design the 2V-mswalker041917.indd 1

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hull for the yacht competing in the following year’s America’s Cup. Through August 13. Info, 443-3168. Middlebury College Museum of Art. STEVEN JUPITER: “After the Flood,” a new series of 10 monochrome photographs of a Vermont forest flooded with spring snowmelt. Through July 30. Info, 917-686-1292. Steven Jupiter Gallery in Middlebury.

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‘FISH, FOWL & FLOWERS’: An exhibition of wildlife woodcarving by William Barnard and floral photographs by Richard Conrad. Through June 27. Info, 247-4956. Brandon Artists Guild. NORMA MONTAIGNE: “Splash of Color,” paintings by the Vermont artist. Through July 2. Info, 2474295. Compass Music and Arts Center in Brandon.

! ‘THE SHE PROJECT – PART I’: An interactive exhibition exploring what women of all ages experience as they cope with the pressure to maintain a youthful appearance at any cost, by Vermont multidisciplinary artists Mary Admasian and Kristen M. Watson. Closing reception: Friday, June 16, 5-8 p.m. Artist talk: 7 p.m. Through June 24. Info, galleries@castleton.edu. Castleton University Bank Gallery in Rutland.

champlain islands/northwest ‘ART ON THE REFUGE’: Two-dimensional works by 20 artists depicting the variety of species and habitats found in the refuge. Through July 21. Info, 868-4781. Missisquoi National Wildlife Refuge in Swanton.

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DAVID CRANDALL & JIM MAAS: Fine jewelry and painted bird carvings, respectively, by the local artisans. Through September 30. Info, 235-9429. Collective — the Art of Craft in Woodstock.

! ELIZABETH MAYOR: Dimensional woodcut prints by the Hanover, N.H., artist. Reception: Friday, July 7, 6-8 p.m. Through July 31. Info, 295-5901. Two Rivers Printmaking Studio in White River Junction. ‘GOD & PONY SHOW’: An exhibition of collages and prints by W. David Powell and Deluxe Unlimited. Through July 12. Info, 922-3915. Zollikofer Gallery at Hotel Coolidge in White River Junction. LILI MAYOR: “Woodcuts Reworked,” prints by the Hanover, N.H., artist. Through July 4. Info, 295-4567. Long River Gallery & Gifts in White River Junction. ‘MAKING MUSIC: THE SCIENCE OF MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS’: An exhibition that explores the science behind making rhythms and harmonies heard. Through September 17. Info, 649-2200. Montshire Museum of Science in Norwich. ‘THE SYRIAN EXPERIENCE AS ART’: Eleven Syrian artists address the ongoing crisis in their home country. Through June 24. Info, 457-3500. ArtisTree Gallery in South Pomfret.

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‘BELLS & WHISTLES’: An exhibition exploring the myriad forms and associations connected to these ordinary objects. Through May 1, 2018.. Info, 626-4409. The Museum of Everyday Life in Glover. CEILIDH GALLOWAY-KANE: “Portraits of Place,” an exhibition of works by the East Hardwick artist. Through July 9. Info, 563-2037. White Water Gallery in East Hardwick. ‘CREATIVE CONFLUENCE: OUT OF THIS LIGHT, INTO THIS SHADOW’: An inaugural group exhibition of works by members of Caspian Arts, which includes professional artists from the surrounding area. Through July 25. Info, 533-9075. Highland Center for the Arts in Greensboro. ‘IN THE KINGDOM OF THE ANIMALS’: An exhibition featuring a wide range of works expressing reverence for the animal world. Through July 9. Info, 533-2045. Miller’s Thumb Gallery in Greensboro. ‘SEEN AND UNSEEN’: A group exhibition of works that invite deep looking. Through June 13. Info, 748-0158. Northeast Kingdom Artists Guild in St. Johnsbury.

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‘Passed Present Future’ Time is a fickle, fickle thing. In the

name of representing its mysteries, roving arts collective Art Shape Mammoth brings three artists to the Root Gallery at RL Photo in Burlington: sculpture by New Yorker Paul Higham, paintings by Burlington’s Brooke Monte and photographs by Tennessee-based

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“F.R.O.N.D., Fractal Rendition of Noumenal Data,” an organic abstraction that looks (just a little) like the tripped-out caterpillar in Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. Through June 30. Pictured: detail of “F.R.O.N.D.” digital print.

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PAT ADAMS: “Gatherum of Quiddities,” a survey of abstract paintings spanning the artist’s decadeslong career. Through June 18. Info, 447-1571. Bennington Museum.

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W. DAVID POWELL: “The Golden Era of the New Dawn & Other Distractions,” collage and prints by the Vermont artist. Through July 1. Info, 498-8438. White River Gallery @ BALE in South Royalton.

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‘AMERICAN ARTISTS IN EUROPE: SELECTIONS FROM THE PERMANENT COLLECTION’: An exhibition of works by American artists who were inspired by their travels, including Frank Duveneck, Leonard Freed, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer and Elihu Vedder. Through June 11. Info, 518-792-1761. The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls, N.Y. ‘CHAGALL: COLOR & MUSIC’: An exhibition exploring the importance of music to the Russian-French artist, presenting 400 works including paintings, sculptures, maquettes, gouaches, stained-glass windows, photographs, films, costumes and puppets. Through June 11. ‘MNEMOSYNE’: An exhibition pairing ancient and modern European works with contemporary art by Canadian artists. Through May 20, 2018. Info, 514-285-2000. Montréal Museum of Fine Arts.

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JANET FREDERICKS: “The Anthill Drawings,” works by the Vermont artist. JOSEPH MONTROY: Recent works by the sculptor. STEPHEN PROCTER: “Presences,” works by the Brattleboro ceramicist. Through June 9. Info, 603-448-3117. AVA Gallery and Art Center in Lebanon, N.H. MARTHA ELMES: An exhibition of layered, scissordrawn works made from reclaimed art garnered from the artist’s years of teaching. Through July 31. Info, 603-869-9900. Maia Papaya in Bethlehem, N.H. !

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VERMONT GLASS GUILD: A group exhibition of works by guild members. Through July 2. Info, 3621405. Elizabeth de C. Wilson Museum, Southern Vermont Arts Center, in Manchester.

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TORIN PORTER: “Before Words,” an exhibition of steel sculptures by the Glover artist. Through June 18. Info, 251-8290. Mitchell Giddings Fine Arts in Brattleboro.

‘THESE GREEN MOUNTAINS’: Works in a variety of mediums created by local artists and artisans, including David Hurwitz. Kristen Johnson and Sue Schiller. Through June 17. Info, 431-0204. Chandler Gallery in Randolph.

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‘DISTANT THUNDER’: Artwork by Gil Perry and writing and illustrations by Charles Norris-Brown. Through June 16. Info, 869-2960. Main Street Arts in Saxtons River.

HUGH TOWNLEY: “Sculpture, Reliefs & Prints” by the late Vermont artist. Through September 10. ! MARCUS RATLIFF: “The Ladies Room,” new works by the Vermont collage artist. Reception and artist talk: Sunday, June 11, 4 p.m. Through July 1. ROSAMUND PURCELL: Photographs from the documentary film about the artist, An Art That Nature Makes. Through July 29. Info, 767-9670. BigTown Gallery in Rochester.

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‘GLASSTASTIC’: Glass sculptures inspired by children’s drawings of imaginary creatures. CLAIRE VAN VLIET: “Ghost Mesa,” lithographs of rock formations printed on a variety of handmade papers and collaged with pulp paintings and marbled papers. EDWARD KOREN: “Seriously Funny,” works by the Brookfield-based New Yorker cartoonist. MARY WELSH: “Appearances & Reality,” collages that use art historical and pop-culture sources, among others. PAUL SHORE: “Drawn Home,” drawings of every object in the artist’s home, inspired by Audubon’s project to draw all the birds of North America. SOO SUNNY PARK: “Luminous Muqarna,” an immersive sculptural installation based on muqarnas, ornamental vaults found in Islamic architecture, especially mosques. Through June 18. Info, 257-0124. Brattleboro Museum & Art Center.

‘FRANCES & FRIENDS’: Fiber crafts, paintings, photographs and drawings by six South Royalton area artists. Through July 14. Info, 763-7094. Royalton Memorial Library in South Royalton.

‘HOPE AND HAZARD: A COMEDY OF EROS’: A group exhibition curated by American artist Eric Fischl featuring some 65 artists and more than 80 paintings, photographs, works on paper and sculptures. Artists include Tracy Emin, Nicole Eisenman, Yves Klein, Jeff Koons, Robert Mapplethorpe, Francis Picabia, Man Ray, Jason Rhoades, Hannah Wilke and many more. ‘READY. FIRE. AIM!’ AT HALL: Joint exhibition curated by former BCA curator DJ Hellerman, inspired by Andy and Christine Hall’s art-collecting philosophy. DAVID SHRIGLEY: A solo exhibition of roughly 25 works by the British artist, including drawings, animations, paintings and sculpture. Through November 26. Info, 952-1056. Hall Art Foundation in Reading.

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movies Bang! The Bert Berns Story

ike many, my list of top-10 movies includes two Godfathers. I’m also far from alone in loving ’60s rock music and accept as fact that the best of it was made by the Beatles. So take a wild guess how much fun I had watching Bang! The Bert Berns Story, a documentary about the only songwriter, producer and label head in history to count among his business associates both the Fab Four and members of the mob. You may not know the name, but you’ve been listening to his music all your life. If Berns had never unleashed another sonic phenomenon after “Twist and Shout,” he’d still qualify as an industry legend. But he created so many more hits it’s almost a joke. And all within a span of just eight years. He died in 1967 at the age of 38. How this guy’s face isn’t on a stamp and familiar to everyone who’s ever read Rolling Stone is beyond me. Directors Bob Sarles and Brett Berns, Bert’s son, set about correcting that cultural injustice with this wild and gripping career chronicle narrated by Steven Van Zandt (of “The Sopranos” and the E Street Band — nice touch!). They get an assist from admirers such as Paul McCartney, Van Morrison, Brenda Reid and Keith Richards. Berns was born in the Bronx and suffered from rheumatic fever as a child. Doctors predicted he wouldn’t live past 21, owing to the

resulting heart disease. The death sentence translated into an obsessive drive that took him from writing hits in New York’s Brill Building to running not one but three record companies of his own. He apprenticed at Atlantic Records under founders Ahmet Ertegun and Jerry Wexler, the latter of whom, we learn, was a moneyhungry, power-crazy creep of monumental proportions. In one of the film’s most satisfying sequences, an old-time wise guy named Carmine DeNoia recounts an episode in which Wexler attempted to steal Bang, Berns’ first label, out from under him. In a scene straight out of The Godfather, DeNoia and Bern's buddy Tommy Eboli — capo of the Genovese crime family — paid Wexler a visit and made him an offer he couldn’t refuse. He never bothered Berns again. When he wasn’t painting the town with mob pals or breaking down color barriers by inviting soul artists on his roster to parties at his penthouse, Berns was in the studio inventing the future of pop music. He knew he didn’t have long and didn’t waste time. The result was a canon almost unrivaled in the history of the art form. Berns’ legacy includes writing credits as disparate as “Here Comes the Night,” “Tell Him,” “Cry Baby,” “Hang On Sloopy,” “I Want Candy” and “Piece of My Heart” — and, as a producer, “Under the Boardwalk” and

HIT MAN Berns emerges as a driven, ridiculously gifted figure in this long-overdue documentary portrait.

“Brown Eyed Girl.” Among his discoveries were Morrison, Rick Derringer and Neil Diamond. At one point, an ungrateful Diamond wanted out of his Bang contract. But that’s another mob story (the film has a bunch). Hence the singer’s absence from the lineup of talking heads paying tribute here. That’s just the tip of the narrative iceberg. You won’t believe the number of seminal performers, music-biz aristocrats, songs

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ot many movies these days have pivotal scenes set in the trenches of World War I. So, watching the “no-man’s-land” set piece in Wonder Woman, I flashed back to a very different film released this spring: The Lost City of Z. In that low-key historical drama, an explorer’s quasi-hallucinatory vision of the Amazon briefly lifts him above the bleakness of the battlefield. In the superhero flick, by contrast, the protagonist is the quasi-hallucinatory vision — and an Amazon. Amazon princess Diana (Gal Gadot) has been told she can’t get past a German machine-gun battery to aid suffering civilians but decides to find out for herself. She charges into battle, repelling bullets with her bracelets, dodging and weaving, the picture of ferocious determination to make the world a better place. As she clears a path, her male allies follow. Occurring about midway through the film, it’s an iconic scene, and it clearly means a lot to many, many female moviegoers. Yes, every superhero movie has multiple triumphant battles like this. Yes, Wonder Woman shares a visual style with its fellow DC Comics flicks and plot and character elements with some of the Marvel movies. (An immortal from the ancient world, Wonder Woman combines the fish-out-of-water qualities of Thor with the earnestness and idealism of

HEAR HER ROAR Gadot prepares to brave no-man’s-land in Jenkins’ female-centric DC Comics flick.

Captain America.) No, director Patty Jenkins (Monster) has not subverted the tropes of the superhero genre. But the movie still deserves recognition as a landmark, simply because it’s about damn time. Gadot carries the movie by combining the charisma of a demigod with the personability of Indiana Jones; even when she’s fiercest, empathy and humor are never far away. A self-contained origin story, Wonder Woman follows Diana from her youth on the hidden island of Themyscira, where her mom (Con-

nie Nielsen) and her mentor (Robin Wright) argue over whether to train her in the art of warfare. While these scenes look like they take place inside a sparkly, animated energydrink commercial, the treatment of the allfemale society’s physical prowess and ethical conflicts is serious and respectful — no campy jokes here. Instead, much of the movie’s humor turns out to be at the expense of the maledominated mainland. Diana finds herself there after joining forces with Steve Trevor

and sagas that figure in the Bert Berns story. The filmmakers do a highly entertaining and engaging job of introducing the world to a musical pioneer whose work it already knows by heart. Speaking of heart, it’s hard to imagine a human being living with an expiration date and demonstrating more of it. RI C K KI S O N AK

(Chris Pine), an American army officer carrying information about a deadly new chemical weapon. Believing the German general responsible to be an avatar of the god of war, Diana thinks ending him will end the conflict, too. As in most superhero origin stories, there are lessons to be learned here, revelations to be revealed, and CGI bad guys to be punched over and over against a green-screened background. But there’s also a fair bit of fun. While the action scenes exhibit the pictorial stop-start style associated with director Zack Snyder (who cowrote the story), Wonder Woman has none of the operatic humorlessness of his Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice. The film benefits from Pine’s excellent comic timing in the scenes where he and Gadot trade good-natured barbs. While some of the many colorful supporting characters get short shrift, they’re also good company. By this time, pundits have already argued Wonder Woman to death — is she the right kind of hero? Should we have such fantastical heroes at all? Maybe that’s why I thought of the trench scene in Lost City, because it suggests there’s power and solace in a vision of something better, however absurd. Back before superheroes were big business, that was the principle that gave birth to them, too. MARGO T HARRI S O N

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BAYWATCH Seth Gordon (Horrible Bosses) directed this comedic take on the 1990s abs-andcheesecake TV show about a crew of ridiculously attractive lifeguards, starring Dwayne Johnson, Zac Efron and Alexandra Daddario. (116 min, R)

IT COMES AT NIGHT: A family living behind barricades must decide whether to be hospitable to outsiders in this horror thriller written and directed by Trey Edward Shults (festival fave Krisha). Joel Edgerton, Christopher Abbott and Carmen Ejogo star. (97 min, R. Essex, Majestic, Palace)

CHASING TRANE: THE JOHN COLTRANE DOCUMENTARY 1/2 Celebrities such as Denzel Washington weigh in in director John Scheinfeld’s exploration of the musician’s worldwide influence. (99 min, NR)

DIARY OF A WIMPY KID: THE LONG HAUL In the fourth comedy based on Jeff Kinney’s tween book series, young Greg (Jason Drucker) schemes to change the destination of a family road trip. With Alicia Silverstone and Tom Everett Scott. David Bowers again directed. (90 min, PG)

THE MUMMY: A vengeful, undead Egyptian princess busts out of her crypt, menaces the world and takes a liking to Tom Cruise in this action spectacular directed by Alex Kurtzman (People Like Us). With Russell Crowe, Annabelle Wallis and Sofia Boutella. (110 min, PG-13. Bijou, Essex, Majestic, Palace, Paramount, Stowe, Sunset, Welden)

EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING 1/2 A girl (Amandla Stenberg) whose allergies keep her house-bound risks everything for romance with the boy next door (Nick Robinson) in this adaptation of the YA bestseller by Nicola Yoon. Stella Meghie (Jean of the Joneses) directed. (96 min, PG-13) GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY VOL. 2 1/2 Marvel’s light-hearted saga of a regular dude who joins up with a team of misfits to save the galaxy continues, as Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) and his friends attempt to learn about his origins. With Zoe Saldana, Dave Bautista and Sylvester Stallone. James Gunn returns as director. (136 min, PG-13)

THE WEDDING PLAN: Abandoned right before her nuptials, an Orthodox Jewish bride decides that God will provide her with a husband in this romantic comedy from writer-director Rama Burshtein (Fill the Void). (110 min, PG. Roxy)

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I CALLED HIM MORGAN 1/2 This documentary from Kasper Collin explores the events leading to the scandalous murder of jazz musician Lee Morgan by his common-law wife, which occurred during a gig in 1972. (92 min, NR) THE LOVERS 1/2 Debra Winger and Tracy Letts play an unfaithful married couple who unexpectedly find themselves falling back in love with each other in this comedy from writer-director Azazel Jacobs (Terri). (94 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/31)

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NORMAN In this drama from writer-director Joseph Cedar (Footnote), Richard Gere plays a small-time New York fixer who tries to take advantage of his chance connection to a political power broker. With Lior Ashkenazi and Michael Sheen. (118 min, R) PIRATES OF THE CARIBBEAN: DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES The pirate fantasy series is back. This time around, Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) must seek a powerful artifact to help him fight ghost pirates. With Javier Bardem, Geoffrey Rush and Brendon Thwaites. Joachim Rønning and Espen Sandberg (Kon-Tiki) directed. (129 min, PG-13)

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ALIEN: COVENANT 1/2 In Ridley Scott’s prequel to Alien and sequel to Prometheus, a ship full of 22nd-century colonists happens on a planet emitting a mysterious distress signal. Michael Fassbender, Katherine Waterston and Billy Crudup star in the SF horror flick. (122 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/24)

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MY COUSIN RACHEL: Daphne Du Maurier’s suspense novel about a young man (Sam Claflin) torn between fear of and attraction to his mysterious, perhaps murderous, relation (Rachel Weisz) gets a new screen adaptation from Roger Michell (Notting Hill). (106 min, PG-13. Roxy)

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CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS: THE FIRST EPIC MOVIE 1/2 In this DreamWorks animated adaptation of Dav Pilkey’s best-selling kids’ series, two fourth graders hypnotize their grumpy principal into believing he’s a superhero. With the voices of Kevin Hart, Ed Helms and Nick Kroll. David Soren (Turbo) directed. (89 min, PG)

CITIZEN JANE: BATTLE FOR THE CITY 1/2 Matt Tyrnauer (Valentino: The Last Emperor) directed this documentary about activist Jane Jacobs’ efforts to save New York City’s historic features from redevelopment in the 1960s. (92 min, NR)

MEGAN LEAVEY: A Marine corporal (Kate Mara) and her combat dog, Rex, save lives in Iraq in this factbased tale. With Tom Felton and Bradley Whitford. Gabriela Cowperthwaite (Blackfish) directed. (116 min, PG-13. Essex, Majestic, Palace, Savoy)

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BANG! THE BERT BERNS STORY The little-known songwriter and producer behind several mammoth 1960s hits is the subject of this documentary directed by Brett Berns and Bob Sarles. (94 min, NR; reviewed by R.K. 6/7)

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Alien: Covenant Baywatch Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Long Haul Everything, Everything Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 *The Mummy (Thu only) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2D & 3D) Snatched Wonder Woman (2D & 3D) friday 9 — wednesday 14 Baywatch Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Everything, Everything Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 *It Comes at Night *Megan Leavey *The Mummy (2D & 3D) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (2D & 3D) Snatched Wonder Woman (2D & 3D)

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222 College St., Burlington, 864-3456, merrilltheatres.net

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friday 9 — wednesday 14 **2017 Cliburn Competition (Sat only) Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 *It Comes at Night *Megan Leavey *The Mummy Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales **TCM: Some Like It Hot (Sun & Wed only) Wonder Woman (2D & 3D)

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241 North Main St., Barre, 479-9621, fgbtheaters.com

wednesday 7 — thursday 8 Baywatch Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 friday 9 — thursday 15 Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2 *The Mummy (2D & 3D)

THE SAVOY THEATER 26 Main St., Montpelier, 229-0598, savoytheater.com

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155 Porters Point Rd., Colchester, 8621800. sunsetdrivein.com

friday 9 — sunday 11 *The Mummy & The Fate of the Furious Wonder Woman & Kong: Skull Island Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie & Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Baywatch & Star Trek Beyond

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104 No. Main St., St. Albans, 527-7888, weldentheatre.com

wednesday 7 — thursday 8 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie *The Mummy (Thu only) Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales Wonder Woman friday 9 — thursday 15 Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie *The Mummy Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales (Fri-Sun only) Wonder Woman

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SNATCHED 1/2 Amy Schumer plays a recent dumpee who persuades her picky mom (Goldie Hawn) to take her boyfriend’s place on a tropical vacay in this comedy from director Jonathan Levine (50/50). (91 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 5/17) THEIR FINEST During the London Blitz, a naïve young secretary (Gemma Arterton) is enlisted to write screenplays for patriotic war films in this period comedy from director Lone Scherfig (An Education). With Sam Claflin and Bill Nighy. (117 min, R) WONDER WOMAN: The Amazon princess (Gal Gadot) gets an origin story to explain her transformation into a DC Comics staple in this rare female-centric superhero film, directed by Patty Jenkins (Monster). With Robin Wright, David Thewlis and Connie Nielsen. (141 min, PG-13; reviewed by M.H. 6/7)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST 1/2 Disney reworks the 1991 animated hit with this live-action musical featuring the original songs and Emma Watson as the book-loving girl forced into imprisonment in the castle of the dreaded Beast (Dan Stevens). (129 min, PG; reviewed by M.H. 3/22)

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A CURE FOR WELLNESS 1/2 Gore Verbinski directed this gothic tale of a businessman (Dane DeHaan) who makes disturbing discoveries when he goes in search of his boss at a Swiss spa. (146 min, R; reviewed by M.H. 2/22)

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THE LAST WORD A notorious curmudgeon (Shirley MacLaine) sets out to craft her own perfect obituary with the help of a reporter (Amanda Seyfried) in this comedy-drama. (108 min, R) THE SENSE OF AN ENDING Memory-related mysteries abound when a letter forces a senior (Jim Broadbent) to reckon with his past. Based on the novel by Julian Barnes; directed by Ritesh Batra. (108 min, PG-13) A UNITED KINGDOM 1/2 An African prince’s marriage to a white Englishwoman makes dangerous political waves in this fact-based drama. David Oyelowo and Rosamund Pike star. (111 min, PG-13)

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Back in 1952, Richard Burton and Olivia de Havilland starred in the first screen adaptation of Daphne Du Maurier's suspense novel about a Victorian youth who suspects a woman of terrible crimes — yet can't help feeling attracted to her. The story hinges on ambiguity: Is the glamorous Rachel a female Bluebeard who murdered her husband for money, or is she just misunderstood? That sounds like a perfect role for the talented Rachel Weisz, who plays the title character in this new version directed by Roger Michell (Notting Hill). Peter Travers of Rolling Stone says the actress is "the reason this old-school nailbiter brims with dread and delight." Starts this Friday at Merrill's Roxy Cinemas in Burlington. Offbeat Flick of the Week: We pick an indie, foreign, cultish or just plain odd movie that hits local theaters, DVD or video on demand this week. If you want an alternative to the blockbusters, try this!

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REAL FREE WILL ASTROLOGY BY ROB BREZSNY JUNE 8-14

GEMINI (MAY 21-JUNE 20)

When I grow up, I’m not sure what I want to be. Have you ever heard that thought bouncing around your mind, Gemini? Or how about this one: Since I can’t decide what I want to be, I’ll just be everything. If you have been tempted to swear allegiance to either of those perspectives, I suggest it’s time to update your relationship with them. A certain amount of ambivalence about commitment and receptivity to myriad possibilities will always be appropriate for you. But if you hope to fully claim your birthright, if you long to ripen into your authentic self, you’ll have to become evermore definitive and specific about what you want to be and do.

ARIES (March 21-April 19): If you chose me

CANCER (June 21-July 22): As a Cancerian myself, I’ve had days when I’ve stayed in bed from morning to nightfall, confessing my fears to my imaginary friends and eating an entire cheesecake. As an astrologer, I’ve noticed that these blue patches seem more likely to occur during the weeks before my birthday each year. If you go through a similar blip any time soon, here’s what I recommend: Don’t feel guilty about it. Don’t resist it. Instead, embrace it fully. If you feel lazy and depressed, get really lazy and depressed. Literally hide under the covers with your headphones on and feel sorry for yourself for as many hours as it takes to exhaust the gloom and emerge renewed. LEO (July 23-Aug. 22): In the early days of the internet, “sticky” was a term applied to websites that were good at drawing readers back again and again. To possess this quality, a content provider had to have a knack for offering text and images that web surfers felt an instinctive yearning to bond with. I’m reanimating this term so I can use it to describe you. Even if you don’t have a website, you now have a soulful adhesiveness that arouses people’s urge to merge. Be discerning how you use this stuff. You may be stickier than you realize! VIRGO (Aug. 23-Sept. 22): Ancient Mayans used chile and magnolia and vanilla to prepare exotic chocolate drinks from cacao beans. The beverage was sacred and prestigious to them.

It was a centerpiece of cultural identity and an accessory in religious rituals. In some locales, people were rewarded for producing delectable chocolate with just the right kind and amount of froth. I suspect, Virgo, that you will soon be asked to do the equivalent of demonstrating your personal power by whipping up the best possible chocolate froth. And, according to my reading of the astrological omens, the chances are good you’ll succeed.

LIBRA (Sept. 23-Oct. 22): Do you have your visa for the wild side? Have you packed your bag of tricks? I hope you’ll bring gifts to dispense just in case you’ll need to procure favors in the outlying areas where the rules are a bit loose. It might also be a good idea to take along a skeleton key and a snakebite kit. You won’t necessarily need them. But I suspect you’ll be offered magic cookies and secret shortcuts, and it would be a shame to have to turn them down simply because you were unprepared for the unexpected. SCORPIO (Oct. 23-Nov. 21): You’re like a prince or princess who has been turned into a frog by the spell of a fairy tale villain. This situation has gone on for a while. In the early going, you retained a vivid awareness that you had been transformed. But the memory of your origins has faded, and you’re no longer working so diligently to find a way to change back into your royal form. Frankly, I’m concerned. This horoscope is meant to remind you of your mission. Don’t give up! Don’t lose hope! And take extra good care of your frog self, please. SAGITTARIUS (Nov. 22-Dec. 21): People

might have ideas about you that are at odds with how you understand yourself. For example, someone might imagine that you have been talking trash about them — even though you haven’t been. Someone else may describe a memory they have about you, yet you know it’s a distorted version of what actually happened. Don’t be surprised if you hear even more outlandish tales, too, like how you’re stalking Taylor Swift or conspiring with the One World Government to force all citizens to eat kale every day. I’m here to advise you to firmly reject all of these skewed projections.

For the immediate future, it’s crucial to stand up for your right to define yourself — to be the final authority on what’s true about you.

CAPRICORN (Dec. 22-Jan. 19): “God doesn’t play dice with the universe,” said Albert Einstein. In response, another Nobel Prize-winning physicist, Niels Bohr, said to Einstein, “Stop giving instructions to God.” I urge you to be more like Bohr than Einstein in the coming weeks, Capricorn. As much as possible, avoid giving instructions to anyone, including God, and resist the temptation to offer advice. In fact, I recommend that you abstain from passing judgment, demanding perfection and trying to compel the world to adapt itself to your definitions. Instead, love and accept everything and everyone exactly as they are right now. AQUARIUS

(Jan. 20-Feb. 18): Lysistrata is a satire by ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It takes place during the war between Athens and Sparta. The heroine convinces a contingent of women to withhold sexual privileges from the soldiers until they stop fighting. “I will wear my most seductive dresses to inflame my husband’s ardor,” says one. “But I will never yield to his desires. I won’t raise my legs towards the ceiling. I will not take up the position of the Lioness on a Cheese Grater.” Regardless of your gender, Aquarius, your next assignment is twofold: 1. Don’t be like the women in the play. Give your favors with discerning generosity. 2. Experiment with colorful approaches to pleasure like the Lioness with a Cheese Grater, the Butterfly Riding the Lizard, the Fox Romancing the River and any others you can dream up.

PISCES (Feb. 19-March 20): Take your seasick pills. The waves will sometimes be higher than your boat. Although I don’t think you’ll capsize, the ride may be wobbly. And, unless you have waterproof clothes, it’s probably best to just get naked. You will get drenched. By the way, don’t even fantasize about heading back to shore prematurely. You have good reasons to be sailing through the rough waters. There’s a special “fish” out there that you need to catch. If you snag it, it will feed you for months — maybe longer.

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as your relationship guide, I’d counsel you and your closest ally to be generous with each other, to look for the best in each other, and to praise each other’s beauty and strength. If you asked me to help foster your collaborative zeal, I’d encourage you to build a shrine in honor of your bond — an altar that would invoke the blessings of deities, nature spirits and the ancestors. If you hired me to advise you on how to keep the fires burning and the juices flowing between you two, I’d urge you to never compare your relationship to any other, but rather to celebrate the fact that it’s unlike any other in the history of the planet.

TAURUS (April 20-May 20): The Milky Way Galaxy contains more than 100 billion stars. If they were shared equally, every person on Earth could have dominion over at least 14. I mention this because you’re in a phase when it makes sense for you to claim your 14. Yes, I’m being playful, but I’m also quite serious. According to my analysis of the upcoming weeks, you will benefit from envisaging big, imaginative dreams about the riches that could be available to you in the future. How much money do you want? How much love can you express? How thoroughly at home in the world could you feel? How many warm rains would you like to dance beneath? How much creativity do you need to keep reinventing your life? Be extravagant as you fantasize.

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